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
: f$ X3 s2 b0 V3 z( RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: s3 i# Y$ M' m0 _有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! l4 {. t1 h& T' C2 I) CHave you ever done that?
' J) S; j5 G+ [8 |* T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。
& u( B, _: @% w) R% WI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
2 K" I1 _% O+ ?# m6 ~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.
* _. M# x1 Q* g8 u! |, O8 u0 n+ O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。
( i3 X- O6 }2 H. nWell, 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。
$ Y: ^# Q/ `- I7 Z: H( H4 ]  IThat's a memory problem.
6 M( o  t; P/ X3 n4 O+ }( T  f- e) R这是一个记忆问题。
; i) B3 N; v( H9 ^7 c1 A$ {: p  VI 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.
, }+ V2 |4 A/ o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.
3 U- R! V  C3 E2 s; m6 Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
6 A) j, {: F! C1 \1 z4 zIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# V# A  c# O9 m/ _" e总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
9 S3 R7 c- P# L1 ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& K3 |8 f& A( U* |' AWhy 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？
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.
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。
7 n/ W  r! Y4 E% k. SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" f% r2 @9 N5 n1 |5 h* ]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.
. Y7 o" @1 f+ w) E: q: [否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% z4 \2 s' L# i; p; S5 VWe stop starting. We quit the club.
% n$ E( W7 n, V2 ]* Q- Z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- @" _& T: Q) V# _1 N+ k) e0 C8 r我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
; \8 \4 k0 s  b, qThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
# d: R/ A. x* V% uIn 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。
Talk about it.
" j9 K. I& q+ {" i: T" p  M9 l$ I谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 I$ u2 l1 h4 |/ p你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" d, D& i5 w- YIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
) i" G+ @3 g0 M6 q* u; [Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! \8 g: x  c) Z/ U' HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 `/ F2 t7 t# Q5 J) h& f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?
) k6 [+ Y: v+ K! u6 |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?
: a% J) e& _" R" T5 _# f' l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？