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
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.
& h( c( k  |" `' U" r( g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.
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。
/ r" |, E6 G5 j. ~, sWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
, [7 \- P5 E- Y0 _哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
* l- I" `9 Z5 V& tThat's a memory problem.
. A7 b' P6 l. A' C- J4 D' M这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
% ]3 F! E  r( o/ e' BBut 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？
# m3 z7 j/ q& ?+ X3 z2 lAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
5 t, b0 M# j" _5 r: B2 _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。
) k. n2 b% D) ^Why did I start to learn a language?
5 r) @  I9 I4 [为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
2 P$ I$ V6 i& i) I7 F# a为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
7 f, V$ m: Y/ O- g2 r- g5 p3 E; b为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 s) ?) p1 B- W8 L' o; P/ \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.
+ t8 T: @0 G( I3 U" d. A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。
- n8 v4 R6 s& E0 ^) i$ w* N8 x4 ~$ ?I think we need indeed remind us of why.
- D) X; U. z/ j# a7 \5 ^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.
9 n. ]# G& a. B- s" A否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 D) d- x! n# F4 _( g& T' O# 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
( ]  S3 l; o* [& y! D问为什么没什么问题。
1 m) |: K0 _. d8 K0 d) jIn 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。
. D" X7 X$ O9 G' p8 eTalk about it.
& `& z" }3 I$ Q: |! F; z3 f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？
/ q, S/ D% Y% _4 A& BIs it a kind of distant memory?
, Z' G% t$ k! l! k. ]4 k它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ n9 y# L% B& f/ o  Q4 f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 y7 z9 ]* ^5 z2 m% \: D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 M& }8 Y6 b; I7 m9 g# p  NDo you write memos?
: r1 v- K# v) D你写备忘录吗？
9 q( o& h& n' c7 @Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 ^6 H3 t2 S  r: M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 P$ t  P3 ]0 L9 Y6 y% A1 B9 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 q/ W( r0 s+ N- Y# i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？