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
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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。
" B4 o" u1 j% _: I4 OHave you ever done that?
" g7 w8 @  H. o$ c1 _你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ I- A& Q! o: z1 `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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* S# L- l) G6 l- N2 J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.
7 X7 n6 m. S; ]% N$ G8 S% ]3 x( b哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
! F/ }& l! e1 Q& G/ h3 YI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ H6 O9 O( }1 k- L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？
  ?  O6 K! T# ?At one point, there was a reason we do something.
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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! H( F  `6 j0 hIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
- g3 F/ w, |5 I为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 K/ k" U: l- V6 P- A% KWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
! s6 B- o  E- }. `' N为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- R6 a' e% m2 W" |$ F7 L* TWhy did I get married?
! [$ S1 H3 }- x- K8 p* R为什么我要结婚？
; P* z6 o! I8 O8 Y' j: VIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 c7 E/ l; p  X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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
1 o% f5 K. {- F: [; S' G2 M我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
) H: Y( B7 f" X8 x- {/ m+ bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% o! h) o5 D2 l6 a: u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, F6 U: \. l* A; G$ L2 t% T6 o0 [7 n0 O我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
+ J1 t, Q/ 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。
Talk about it.
$ E+ r1 Q2 L, m& ?谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* V0 ^. c3 M8 j* G3 u3 o8 E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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 a2 i% I: m7 R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- j$ K  o6 e, f) G$ EDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
. {. q5 _; C2 K7 a! k你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
* m) b9 ~7 y0 e' PWhat 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？
1 i, j3 z: N9 R! _What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？