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
7 x* W( o, r- M9 o$ Y  m  \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？
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 have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ ?( o5 |/ d/ x' b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.
7 x6 z. ^% H3 L# S3 J4 ]7 A0 o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。
3 C! _7 {$ |. f. IWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
/ @' @0 Q5 v* _+ W% s& q7 [" m/ s哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
7 t! _; X; z: mThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 P, i7 i" e- E0 n6 j" C1 N) ]But 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
( {0 W# I/ c; j5 j+ r' F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
+ ]1 {: t, F2 M1 I, b* ~2 tFor 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。
6 @$ f' Q3 G  V2 l, Q0 ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 Y; ]! J% R: X7 v$ O0 {# S$ w! y. j* iWhy did I start to learn a language?
2 H( I2 J6 q9 p. ]为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) n7 J) H% u9 x( S' G- U2 Q; vWhy my friend was this person?
3 M5 P1 z0 M9 t3 r3 j2 \8 u, H* ^8 X, I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 }: }$ o# o0 Z, T$ W' |2 VWhy did I get married?
9 w% @5 U) j2 X8 s2 x: h0 [) G0 p为什么我要结婚？
8 ?/ `: E" ~0 A; m0 I8 |- ?If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 O( t1 ]$ v+ P2 f, H% [( V6 R5 ?6 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
" t/ L, b/ T) T$ y7 G我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& W" b5 B' Y) [1 Z7 p: eOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  j  }2 R- @: F) W1 zWe stop starting. We quit the club.
  R8 U/ y; o' D我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; e1 f% E( U2 U+ n9 ]我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
5 R, _6 n, y0 n3 [- ~( m* FThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
/ d8 ~: y, g% {问为什么没什么问题。
7 B9 w9 }! M/ K% t5 e& PIn 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。
: {( J, W6 B7 U5 v1 q7 ?Talk about it.
1 Z% O: ]. f) l1 m4 p, P: Y- Q) d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？
7 r) ^" @7 l! Z7 C0 i& ?2 e1 uIs it a kind of distant memory?
# S: T2 ]- u7 K: z+ H它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did 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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 j/ e; V5 U; L& R7 r+ ]Do you write memos?
8 y" r  X) y7 ^你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
What 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？
4 s, G' \! E7 e" d" }$ v/ `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？