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.
3 f/ _7 C$ d" e1 \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ Q7 t! j. V, B& cHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 z" v8 G0 m% q8 LI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% H% D1 H/ ]8 v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。
+ _' }  F7 s8 r2 _0 m& lAnd 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。
! L' v* D8 C) KWell, 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。
6 n* ^" j& H3 C- _+ lThat's a memory problem.
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?
0 r  I' d/ E' f0 w2 [; p" E' G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？
* ]8 ]* H; [6 e' X; L& rAt 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.
; ~9 _- `. j+ V' z$ h总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
: r% E% e) H5 l, ^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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 x3 {( H+ Z( y: }/ K! p- lWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
( G) i4 w0 [: LIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 Z9 t3 \6 K/ U) S! H5 Q( k$ \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。
5 S3 I  e3 i4 [, s& o! ~  VI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 A  i# L$ w. |; T- b5 o! G: MOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* u; K) m$ j5 _) `& VWe stop starting. We quit the club.
$ {" u. W3 h7 \/ e8 D' L5 ~8 j. R我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* t' V* R: F0 _+ k/ W& g# _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
. E& P0 p* c& f) V: E6 E. x0 MThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
6 e0 n4 C* b5 _4 o# L问为什么没什么问题。
% |3 ^; x8 o+ z3 s# N/ KIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 s6 S' z* e1 _0 r# w1 a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：
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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
1 k* V# {3 P: N1 X" S4 z它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 T! `! ^/ Y' j6 A* y4 h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 r3 T5 v: L3 w4 ?' L, q. H你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
1 C, b' g$ N& o1 |你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 k9 s* I" M, S* S! F你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- f0 A0 R" M1 ?7 ?, R0 KWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 h* ^8 l  y. m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 U: u' h  G2 \7 b, x# LWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
8 n5 B! ?* h0 g# I8 s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？