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?
, f# T  k- C( F0 C6 m* m' T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.
3 I3 u6 ~; i. G0 D& l7 K2 n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.
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 u4 k1 G6 G* \. S" F. f5 rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# d$ n' `! q5 S+ S哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ s4 d, Y. r4 V; |That's a memory problem.
1 `5 q: O$ W6 t" Q9 @8 ]这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
! C" h; h& T( @$ i8 P7 U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。
* a; E& j( z7 P5 ~7 ]& x4 tIt'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？
3 K, J0 j1 S  OWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 u  H/ ^# v9 r4 y3 t1 E; x5 ?Why my friend was this person?
6 j& A: n6 _; f2 s! q, _# ?8 [& j为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ n" y2 ]$ ^& E! b4 e2 gWhy 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.
$ Q5 H3 Q6 `+ J, m( S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。
4 F# d( L$ B" N. `- PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 X% p$ a  ^4 o2 R! x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.
/ ~$ m& ^7 v# L, A8 D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. y  G) W5 A* d& g8 fWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- o4 w% T; s0 S  R/ j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。
0 t' V$ |, g0 L- O3 o8 ^5 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
( B. v# s; R6 E" `/ U' U0 u% }问为什么没什么问题。
( ?9 ?# q1 w2 W. O' o7 bIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& U; Y7 j! G6 m! V  Y. h! I8 ^0 L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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
# t3 r( g$ E& W4 q& T2 B$ R. H2 dIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: J3 S0 o, S) }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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
$ t& t7 N$ _+ |4 j: n( l: PHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. S6 m, m: ~2 H7 O$ z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？
" R, ^' s1 U+ K  @( m3 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？
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？