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

  h8 q0 P* P- n记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 j; x, l% O* x/ l; W  q有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
8 Z; d: F* E0 @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。
4 k% W) D/ b6 v0 n9 JI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
3 Q6 }! S! @- e, J我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# v, H3 z1 W7 P  ?) K4 ^" MAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
! R, B/ Y6 ~& g& D$ Q8 b: n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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: p- M8 T# r6 U% ~$ D4 q; j' oI guess that counts too.
5 V( Y7 U4 O* W) ^! p7 E3 d我想那很重要。
6 Y6 v+ B7 W" a9 }: `$ G0 Q" @But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# E' I6 a6 \8 b$ P/ N4 G1 n( O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？
; X# p4 [, r: l5 v& x+ {* }& k4 OAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
+ V' s4 F2 q4 H% K0 o& d8 L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。
3 @% ]/ g7 `* B0 F: J) hIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 K3 s* l8 S+ Z9 I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？
% L) i1 Z: u: R3 X9 |, b) @0 l& LWhy did I join this club?
" w& b7 S& r6 C8 W) W3 O为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 I7 L  w( R# `& [4 ]# O, f# P为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! o$ q. R2 B& [Why did I get married?
, ?  m2 o, {4 ?7 m; x$ X; ~为什么我要结婚？
: {* a* ^0 J- S2 DIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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.
- n1 Q& ~- P/ z! v  l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& u% V0 L+ [$ O7 |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, y: `7 ]2 f# ~* HWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 z% _1 {' m# BWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 W$ {4 c1 b( k  ~: d/ q: P+ i0 z我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
! H( A+ u* w3 s9 w* vThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
8 R. t0 {8 d" ?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。
) Q- ?8 J6 e! m" J! w. RTalk 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?
# [0 t9 a0 |* l; ~4 T. x1 w3 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
3 `2 j! d7 v  W( F% W! ]* oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# g$ I; L2 f8 u8 Y& h0 _3 r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 w+ B/ n) g' M: X' @% N& d3 ]How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ ]+ d; A! y1 }& j) gDo you write memos?
- U3 i& R/ u6 _% n% e) _# V. d6 s你写备忘录吗？
$ K9 v0 z2 V4 p) UDoes 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？
What 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？
* n3 Z* l! E; |% a/ oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) S8 l4 W; z- J( v" Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？