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

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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 X* c+ \% Q5 C) tI'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 have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. L; W/ L% Z: x# t我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. x1 `. @- Z4 U2 x& CAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
& r) i6 |3 X' U9 }$ I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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. a9 J4 h+ A4 W3 l8 M6 J, C; N9 s3 MThat's a memory problem.
- X" W+ D0 `8 Y# D这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
  a3 `* ?. e) Q" h' [8 z# [7 YBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
4 C% a; \" Q; \6 ?: jAt 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。
6 I+ J: z, N! z* Z6 ?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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 U& t$ s4 l, f& v* e总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 P6 R1 V7 h# r6 \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
  p9 C6 w% }. f为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
! n- P% L; b# A5 `0 Q! C' H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 ?- S! ^  z) Q) R% e( Z4 }1 [8 X7 B  @Why did I get married?
" f$ O) }) ]5 G1 S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.
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.
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.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& ~0 z6 w1 }! O$ zWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 z% p2 m3 \4 ]* D+ fThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
& w5 |' ~: v; q$ q7 r问为什么没什么问题。
. X% Z; V3 N/ ?3 o4 R4 _; G  `In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 m3 b% [* R6 O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。
( ?7 b7 s2 y' Y1 ^) rTalk about it.
0 ?; o8 a1 U$ [4 O谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& G8 [6 l  V  vIs it a kind of distant memory?
( O: q) q& j" b它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 u* X$ d+ v; ~0 E; L+ zDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ w" B, K; f% \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ H! C+ b% l6 `" n1 ]! `2 s& i1 hDo you write memos?
7 v* d, V& U( j8 u你写备忘录吗？
7 k: U! a5 O9 G1 D7 F9 O) nDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ @! h6 @  A0 W; o( T9 Z5 ^# M, p你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ h* I9 u1 i* w& b" S2 LWhat 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？
: t, W) k" x. y; b5 vWhat 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？