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

  m$ ?3 q' P! W记住我们为什么做某事
) @, n2 T9 P- ~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。
$ e  n6 t( U9 W8 EHave 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.
- @1 S6 V1 x9 w7 L/ X* G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.
% R& f5 U. b! j2 ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, `! F  X# p3 G" v# HAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ K1 t0 z  i2 z, \' g5 r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。
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？
  [( z6 d, k8 R7 dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
% t6 z  u: q. `- k1 x$ Q! a2 O5 J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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
# Z/ f3 e, ]# x: O$ u: J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？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. ], N8 X8 v1 i8 A- f* g2 HWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 \4 M7 W$ k  Y9 s# K3 mWhy 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.
0 G* E4 b- h7 k1 t. b$ O/ l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。
/ g% \: d) S0 h" i* f% C- pI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
$ u6 T! v4 m8 P, v3 vOr 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.
$ h# m( C4 {% J, j& r$ }8 C+ I我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& l7 b- V! e, S  S* t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.
- o0 h8 _# W; I+ j2 {" A3 @- q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.
5 z+ @1 A& C8 ^, C" u. [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。
- I! Q2 y5 A5 L* |7 TTalk about it.
  W) W; {7 G$ K  I! P' G, B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?
# f1 x. z# x, L, J. G它是一种遥远的记忆？
- j# S! n; ^. x6 }* t% \3 n3 j3 ?( y+ FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
: Z$ P( ?/ r4 `+ J6 c5 K& g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* K7 L1 W% h' o3 Y3 F- THow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
( y/ M# |( P, c: K( X你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! l* ~( |) r" `$ u# i' ]( [0 _& jDo you write memos?
/ W, _/ h& ]) ]; q4 t  t% G0 E你写备忘录吗？
5 p# u! c: y; ^8 Y" u# rDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 N/ O/ m/ U5 v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 i2 q5 a' @& C. d' l; Z/ tWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- P( `+ Y, Q& R" a; L0 I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?
% p* {9 S: g% e& v3 o' l7 d0 M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？