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?
. {/ P! b. p3 |( g1 e$ l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。
8 L( b( M0 w' {- P7 ?0 ZI 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。
5 p  i* L1 V* `And 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。
. @" n8 ]. l- m2 h7 YWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( [$ d2 U- r; L  x' e5 WI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# s  J+ i  R5 J, O% P( a; R0 k0 U* Q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 v3 v: j6 Y( K) X& H6 o: IAt 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" n6 J7 e, r/ T4 U& RWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 L% `2 f# d+ T6 ]* ^, O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 F' c2 ], q# j  zWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
. f* y/ K3 D2 i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 Z! F5 y# o, lWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
3 s& \2 `( \6 J' q# Q) jIf 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。
" x$ x3 M7 L; i) u  K) WI 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.
+ d) X/ i/ @1 A/ O; i否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) R% ^  K3 }. p  m: CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* {3 c4 Z' t- l" R* @& ^! WWe 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。
! b2 ?0 p( @: b) \; `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
% U$ a$ o! K7 g& D. h问为什么没什么问题。
: E, }  l; k: M8 RIn 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。
7 r+ B3 ^2 F$ l: Z* y- w3 uTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
# Q$ ^2 l9 F, EIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
( e' D! g% m  \+ v! H8 L它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 L) u8 f0 l3 u" U! W你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 Q4 i. g5 f9 W- m( i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
& G- r1 r0 @; y4 B3 T* j& e% ADoes 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?
3 r" U* e& o; k; X3 j. k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?
, |7 J, W8 g, K0 s" E' T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？