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

记住我们为什么做某事
5 s) ]; X+ q; Z9 ZSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
/ k$ w9 Q, d! x! |有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
$ y: O4 e; ?6 yHave you ever done that?
! d3 j3 U  \- |2 a6 E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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. D5 T8 D8 h6 V我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ B. Q* @1 a/ H- oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 t! `, u" I4 Z% [- m5 u% j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.
9 m5 u9 Y0 U, ^9 ~( B7 Q0 _这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 k5 g7 [/ C) g- r' `我想那很重要。
+ a0 E9 ?& Q4 K& f. a+ ?3 E; r) LBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
9 ?& k( h( |- a! V6 r# C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？
! Z" ~" ^" W4 ?" Z( a2 R( Z8 e  C, D& d8 g: DAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
1 \" x7 F) `9 e* a: w+ I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.
7 @- l* c5 [! V对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 V- W2 H  {3 C1 c' u  _总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ m4 V# L5 f& j8 P, Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
, l  }7 Z3 h: ~6 }  |! h* L为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
+ `" _8 }/ W) C' E% c为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
# g4 f# z' T! B6 X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.
) C7 A( D( T, B/ ^- `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.
6 N+ R/ W7 X) m8 M3 r% s8 p2 A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。
$ k5 d1 A; |0 C! _We stop starting. We quit the club.
& j1 Y; }. K0 h2 ?  E* `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
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.
: A; G7 \5 m& j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：
% y- j0 q* Z+ v( o2 kIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  }6 \6 s  i3 x$ d8 M6 T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?
2 F+ q, `3 |8 l它是一种遥远的记忆？
8 ?& ^; t, S3 V: vDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( n# T' |5 s+ E/ X! {! W4 `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 U+ p+ Q4 e" ]' U  i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?
- l4 J' D. S5 d& Z0 f9 ]; u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？
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？