美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

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Remembering why we are doing something

. V& A' r0 Z5 x3 ?& f4 h/ z记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
& y0 q! d- f/ V" Y% x" B: G你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' u7 @, a2 P% O4 q, Z我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' U8 t% r( x  `: E4 d' x8 x4 v% ^I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 f6 C6 j/ L+ SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
然后，在选择合适的地方后，还没有谈论什么特别的东西的时候。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
& T1 {/ Q: P& g- Y0 l; f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
1 t& n( h/ G4 W9 c! ]* h* }这是一个记忆问题。
; t$ ^3 c* I# CI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! Z7 r3 \( t3 E, Z+ L! g但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？
5 }! n0 V/ }) p9 e* qAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
. {' [, ]- G& z& d在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  U4 L0 v5 {& R, P  p+ |对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
& K5 ]5 _. a- t. r" l总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ u1 m: q' r5 J1 a/ i1 c+ BWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  D' d1 W& s$ D& S( e  V- s' M8 N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 l' _/ U, {0 u0 G' s/ t) F- L& N为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& L6 ~+ {0 k1 ]' h% TWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 f( Z4 }' |/ I/ E! r5 k如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
' ^  X& v  a2 aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
% h- p1 e9 f9 d* Y% p3 ~# ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
5 y# s8 C* |, M3 ^: g6 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" S! b, j# y2 r1 P( I& OWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( `( G4 L6 C# c# ^我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ E9 h) X8 M7 [$ l* F% CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
3 q% G- z. F/ _问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
( W" M* \; h; {7 E- V, YTalk about it.
! z& [+ `, V* a谈论下面的话题：
' e& x& v+ G6 X( uIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' f& ^1 Q% T- R* ~% [0 Q' I你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
- B! e4 V7 M5 i1 B它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ N( @. b+ |! [3 P6 p% RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: Y0 E4 V; q0 N, WHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 n) `" v8 X% |; z你写备忘录吗？
9 C9 f# z4 t% v) kDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& u3 |" C% W  X/ YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' r( _7 q  w, v* G% t3 A$ q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？