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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# P' M: t" i1 o* s& V记住我们为什么做某事
  e8 x9 V  m* P* c$ J+ h; @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- A: O6 B1 Q6 V9 z5 m+ tHave you ever done that?
- J) y* w; o$ b! A你曾有过这种经历吗？
% u; q. n4 m9 G$ VI'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。
* q5 r- B* y5 w' T1 A1 CI 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。
& g+ K1 n- j( H4 rAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
' M' l) p7 \9 L& _. {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。
+ g$ A' ^+ {, F* f" M& IWell, 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.
) |! |# d* r: w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.
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。
) T6 {) E- f5 N/ x# g  wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) L) Y# k8 d  N2 Q4 A! [为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) O$ J. c* u3 C( v" @Why did I join this club?
6 A- _+ U3 h: Z$ x7 L& i6 J8 D1 d为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 @2 F5 l# W! J7 ^& S: R  F为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  h9 n4 a. {" b4 q. {# WWhy did I get married?
; {1 e9 T& ~( D* z. y4 ^为什么我要结婚？
2 t0 ~' R( i. n# u" CIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' B3 |% }+ B/ j+ w" o. U1 j9 |% ]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。
' |2 H' n4 s* x) k$ OI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& N1 r2 [. e4 C- IOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
/ k- o" \2 ~* e; [2 u$ n否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% H. ~# b! A8 v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' o* G2 J# `! P" x7 E2 oWe 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。
; w6 n2 C9 g+ i( xThere'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.
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.
" [$ G% q$ [1 A( K$ c) M2 p谈论下面的话题：
2 V- R- o: F7 _6 y$ XIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' n4 p  s3 F$ j7 D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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
; J6 z' w7 R& h0 `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ [$ G4 {4 S" C: ~( W" s) L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. n+ R6 _1 B+ Q4 ~  X  ^, ~' lHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 J! T' O' t' U8 |4 r* p你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
* H, _0 R; s6 @& V) ^8 U9 D6 C" pDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! s% ]! H7 z7 m" _8 P- H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?
: ?% \) j7 U$ R* A& Q# d' i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？