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.
& i1 n1 b- P# M( x/ u6 }6 b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。
% u& d) l4 y: U" L( |5 T3 ~( |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。
% {6 `$ M" w# AAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
+ {( T6 [6 |9 V" ~- _: f' Q8 z1 v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.
" }$ B  o3 S8 z6 D哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 j5 P% h; _5 p) hThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 d" J, c; G/ V0 d; d  ^我想那很重要。
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？
5 l; P8 z" t" iAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
( q* H1 {4 E" N! \. e8 w5 p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 K; o( T; [) f) M, [For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
: H0 i. U$ X0 H1 j! E2 _对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, i5 C% q$ w# ~6 K  N! ~( LIt'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?
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？
Why my friend was this person?
( r+ m' U" M% Z; d为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. ^2 }- d5 `7 y% k+ d1 y5 o6 f% u/ qWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. q" t' j" P, p" K& wIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! f" S6 n: E2 m4 |$ u7 O+ _" h. m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.
4 d" T8 T* V# U( \: t1 S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.
* X: T, A* I2 f7 f7 J* p; z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。
( {- S& s1 s" E# [; @% }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。
" B" E8 z1 A* Z( d2 N/ s; R. eThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& ^! A5 S) W2 e% l) C8 m* _  qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 ]+ N, ]' s  v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 o5 {8 B& t# m; P- D! ETalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
/ ^7 ?( O. k3 J( m" @% I6 i3 MIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 z8 M4 R& e$ l8 p7 x% f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' ?& B" T7 y; F$ w你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! d, F/ j* y" m7 eDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
2 x& X. M' L: H; c9 a# Q+ p  hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# T9 G9 M( H$ g3 ?你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
! Y: k6 o; N/ }& r& nWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' {( m3 I7 s) D$ }! L) C! {* n4 J0 J% A( U还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 b& W& a: L* E. Q2 k, aWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ T5 e4 L! n5 b8 O你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？