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

4 c! O) K1 y2 Q' g9 Q1 }- W记住我们为什么做某事
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。
Have 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.
' D" h+ g6 W2 @我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 N, U2 A9 e8 ^2 f5 @/ BI 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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
5 n7 R6 \# ]' \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？
& s: P' j4 c3 N1 _3 wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, B2 s4 _+ g3 @9 G3 d在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 }4 G5 g, m' m) k! `7 A# xFor 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.
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?
) k" Q1 F2 y  ~0 o+ [为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 C2 ?. \& y0 n1 h  ?$ xWhy my friend was this person?
0 G3 k/ g1 g& X5 C+ j3 D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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
" _5 n) b: w0 |, l. ^% }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, x( b/ h/ T2 C8 _( dOr 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.
" X2 {6 Q+ S  y4 i# B- 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。
; c+ m8 U. R* _5 v9 |  C1 |3 wIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
4 S; R: Q& W4 g6 a% i( M1 L. y8 f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?
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？
1 L& P* F8 W2 I5 v! b* [: ^Did 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?
- q' h, O0 Y/ W2 I; T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？
$ A( d1 G; t2 s: JDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 F2 \% f' A$ k+ }9 {$ ~还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 ^5 G' ?5 Y7 ]; m( [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: D& j) j% N7 ~; L/ Y. H" p: ~5 s你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？