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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" e0 A4 b5 L9 S7 h, _: Y: d% p记住我们为什么做某事
5 J" v+ s7 G+ R4 f9 \: qSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 O& `. p* a+ @+ r" B有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
& U! G: a- ]% L5 ~) \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。
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。
6 E9 w4 {- H9 P; i7 u/ j. cWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 r. q( B1 I  b% X7 o4 W哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 W3 V+ u7 }2 NThat's a memory problem.
* ]9 Y! |% v' p这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& h2 z9 F7 E1 J1 W4 h0 ]! |, vBut 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？
. B, R8 i3 I1 V% z' rAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 U( R: J3 P4 k8 c  D; N在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
1 r' N; I% B: s$ D/ F8 lFor 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.
6 d  W8 P- F  F. E- l5 X- T总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 N- s! v1 _: _$ z( l4 K! a+ ?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?
6 f- Z: ?; D' T% a$ r$ P; ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# S  T* P0 Y% e% n% j% t8 f" FWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( [: N0 K* N! w. M  _7 oWhy did I get married?
+ e% q( @9 {" L& I7 j" R  K' J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.
1 c& B2 Q' i6 z/ M# ?' T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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* m' `9 u& Z7 i! G' gOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% ]9 \' k1 i+ G' L2 YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
8 ]2 r( j- B- E0 {) P1 R4 [$ u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 b) {3 K8 {$ R/ A: k6 CWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 m6 m! r6 o& Q9 m/ Y: q- y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 L, p4 N7 n/ v; m! X9 j8 n' `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
. v; p5 K: K$ s6 e问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 q2 u7 i( h: e0 Q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。
1 q. _" H  |/ w5 `! L3 oTalk about it.
1 f" L8 D3 R9 u' a谈论下面的话题：
( o/ k3 i) |  i1 CIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 \# x% |5 [7 _" t9 Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 ]) [6 X! j2 g4 L2 }. |4 @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……
4 c/ T5 O  z$ O/ A& r1 a" w3 THow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ g+ `" ?. q8 B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  j4 O) Q) I' d, `2 z# ?Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
% v( m3 \3 }2 q2 r4 J& R/ o( ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* J' d, y9 O) H. H8 e' O4 `& ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( F4 S- n& T" L' vWhat 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？