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
1 ?9 A* d; [' u3 BSometimes 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.
% c* V; A4 k+ v5 I2 a; s' W我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 q  I% t0 C. \2 b2 O( LI 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。
3 w9 d1 ]  E4 m) j; vAnd 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.
/ k9 x  O$ O" c/ a哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
/ ^  V& C& t+ V2 aThat's a memory problem.
9 R! o  I. w6 S这是一个记忆问题。
5 @' t) Q+ e2 r' `, II guess that counts too.
6 C% U! W' o3 x2 l, ^* `! O我想那很重要。
2 b) r) r1 o! \9 BBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- \6 c0 k! |' F: z* ?2 ?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？
2 c. N) V- X# U6 C3 T- w* q* `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。
1 \$ e8 q: f) x' KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
% h6 \# c4 N5 a对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
  l! X! K. H, f" d& J, I; dIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 k. Y. B" \: _总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 o/ _, h. L/ B2 |Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
. q4 ~1 P1 j/ c0 v* Q7 D% FWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, e- c8 k0 ?  {2 ^; h为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
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.
% Z" E# H; Z# `; R1 G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
9 e: t. i7 J( \$ cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
9 J- ~6 P2 z8 G1 |) T, ?9 u6 C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。
: |2 a  p; ]4 d2 KTalk about it.
) A4 U& Z8 ^) P8 q: I& \谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: E4 a6 ~2 p( D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？
1 U9 B3 U/ M: uDid 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?
+ _3 R0 N( X! H( n( ?你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ f/ X, T. q* N. H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？
; }; r6 u$ V$ l* VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
* e* Y4 e3 R  S+ t: N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?
% |1 u, g2 A) T9 b, G1 `$ ~你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？