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。
9 J1 u0 G) A8 _9 y) KHave 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.
8 `6 q  Z8 p+ F) Q' x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。
Well, 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。
( a; k$ b9 g( F, a1 HThat's a memory problem.
+ Y& K: j, k6 i+ V6 Y: V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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: h8 L, `: C4 G' AFor 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.
+ H. }* n# v, \; _总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
! _& I6 b+ p1 J$ d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？
4 S# Q4 c% ^# A) O4 v2 D( b; j  AWhy my friend was this person?
$ i. s) E0 J. p# V& l# L  t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ O: [4 k+ l. l3 j1 k* FWhy did I get married?
- s8 k! h! d4 @% |+ h为什么我要结婚？
, ]" Y$ G) \# f7 ^: P/ d3 GIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
/ P$ |: |9 N! S- Y- G) ?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.
0 a' ?7 o$ Z, a% x7 S2 O我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 d0 v( c$ Q8 XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ n! c- Y% s8 N* f6 s& I9 ^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。
; u+ y1 o: G! `' L1 nWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( Z' e+ ?7 M8 m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' W0 t- b. H4 ?8 Y/ kThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
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。
# b+ W5 l# G0 f' ^" vTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. S& R! e; T. U# T2 l' \. nIs 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?
3 t! V7 D4 a4 }& e它是一种遥远的记忆？
7 s- A/ @/ L+ k! ?, g+ h9 JDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 d. N, d  q% c3 c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ @9 `4 Z" w! ^. y9 ~: gHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) o1 f4 ]) M% |# h# f& ~. S4 n' u: i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
- ^5 u5 R. ]2 j# j; x& I$ }  nWhat 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？
+ o0 D- f; q" y4 U8 G1 Z! oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
$ a  G1 D2 j# ~( m; I8 p你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？