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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3 p- C1 {. _: w$ t8 }; ?" L* ]0 V; I记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, I5 F1 z: }2 n  w2 O( p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* I, p2 ^; G: M/ yHave you ever done that?
' i" }, m' r, T2 C& ?你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ B/ q( u& ~/ v; |0 P. T% X+ nI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 [# E" i- Y; @& [; C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。
+ c# X: Z; D1 l/ i% EAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, o* D- `( P. ~8 e# E0 s; Y2 L. b1 W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。
: f+ N- p% \: ?" x' A. B# oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 I" E" H8 |# G+ q# A/ j3 y& @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- R! o2 k0 @  F. \* J; K* F2 }That's a memory problem.
0 h% l8 ~; @' V9 b* V3 h这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. p% |5 v7 ?3 t, `# G0 }7 GBut 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。
- h& ~9 b2 T* ~! fFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 O/ ~+ y; _3 u# u( S对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
* l7 ~4 d4 a" F1 `. p, dWhy did I start to learn a language?
6 h+ A* x4 w$ X- U0 M为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& t2 `  L" E6 E3 @# ~. QWhy did I join this club?
- l8 w8 u4 H5 H" v3 M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？
$ m, ^  W8 p! @3 n5 N# e8 DWhy 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。
. ^; m6 g) N9 A1 LI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# g, ^) H7 T9 H. n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.
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。
4 H+ r8 Y7 T& oWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: z9 F- k* x$ i4 m" T: R我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
  M. }0 M$ p& W* B% H- Z问为什么没什么问题。
7 {3 N! Q* d- F3 WIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 _* {: _/ a! g& k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?
& r! J3 g* k) V- Z& Y' O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?
4 s; A) R7 v+ h( G; S它是一种遥远的记忆？
: e  Z; _; r2 B9 _6 HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! \8 B, @) l/ V4 a4 C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 C: H2 a" r! t1 m) H3 c5 S你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
& Z; n8 T7 G5 J6 e$ pWhat 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？
0 _8 b  [% t6 f/ NWhat 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？