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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+ ^, t: S+ i' a& R. I5 e8 B记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  V* n. }6 t, U' r. j有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
2 Z7 ^* s+ W) C你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" q$ ^& j% e( V+ v! S0 B) j* g2 d, k我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
# x& H, _- f. d% I) @7 pI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
3 w, p3 b  M7 Q  ]7 I6 E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
% {1 L& ~+ C+ ^. sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ G6 p0 U# |' A- q! T9 ~# y$ }9 B" }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.
3 O# a$ ?- x* @, Z! {这是一个记忆问题。
) W4 j/ H% J' H# qI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
( T3 ^, a4 _# sBut 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.
3 V5 [8 \% c. A& w1 R- D- m. ^9 y: f在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) E) t. e2 w' ]3 JFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' j0 E9 p/ p  s0 h8 d2 Y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* S& v# X1 G5 R; N2 i/ k) Z8 WIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
/ W  m1 ]1 I1 q& w9 S6 uWhy did I start to learn a language?
+ {. m, n3 C: c) H; M- E9 c6 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
0 Z+ M' h# w2 e) |- a为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ T& M7 [: ^3 d, rWhy my friend was this person?
, O* K, a# d& \% O为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 j' P2 u! S6 JWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
7 y# S7 K: k( o9 m+ I+ yIf 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.
+ G8 h2 H, ]# v4 P! b9 M% P1 ~1 a我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# T2 r( T. i! X4 ~, rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& V6 Y3 W' x* |' V否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 l4 {/ j" ^' M/ ~; q( E# DWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
- d3 i5 ]0 L4 B) l5 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。
; _+ |' s/ K3 L% L6 V6 W) OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
! @0 L% @, N$ N2 y; JIn 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。
# h8 ~( N% {" ~; d) D; RTalk about it.
1 z) n2 W/ s! ]5 Q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？
! k! V0 B/ Z+ j! E& v; dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" I' `9 D( ]. N( FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
0 G  y  y8 o" L7 H, W: @& c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
" b( d) ?8 u# i  LDo you write memos?
8 }8 ?# {* a7 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
8 Y) P8 d, f9 h/ y: ^还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. U4 b: i7 y1 ~6 c* d7 T+ }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？