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

& V; T8 f# ^' B3 I1 H  ^记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 X5 s5 `8 r/ l* t2 ?有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
6 K0 P* h) Y0 z( {* D, g/ c你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
( ?+ ?, m: d: Q3 ]  O我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% p/ [% Y* y+ K( A( x: X5 FI 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.
9 l. Q# G: }! ?! P. 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.
$ b8 t( [6 Y) |! f' L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。
" }* O! q- m! y4 u% d  Q- BI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
2 Q' p; i- E- M# ]$ _6 ?& ^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？
8 S  f! d, V8 P3 g7 m4 [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。
( e4 n6 n4 I$ R& v) U/ LFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- z7 f; }6 a$ B) r7 J3 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.
. m: A7 V, c) S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？
3 c# R5 r* H+ N$ oWhy did I join this club?
0 j* ~2 k) i0 j为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 }4 I4 u, B6 v4 a( j# f为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 P# N' _& J$ q/ m) K$ e0 @为什么我要结婚？
9 B. {. J( x6 SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- A# d$ m. d. e- K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.
; F9 {. I: o4 i9 r4 e, u. F8 ~* i6 x我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* E' |% B( x  @* W4 n3 c  L, SOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
( }2 }+ c/ X* T6 O5 u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 Y7 V5 j, w1 t  H, M( Q: J我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ c- f2 t- d" K# B1 X( eWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' ]. P" n2 \/ K% r# l- C) Q0 V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。
7 M( u2 a9 y1 n2 qIn 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.
- ~+ z2 F8 b3 W6 g0 d7 h( _6 f/ r谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 g: w  _! \- ^, i8 i) ^6 _) L你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* o/ `0 L5 ?2 b0 s8 WIs it a kind of distant memory?
5 s! Y+ o  G3 a  H8 j9 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* `; d! {! b) k: C1 MHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ l; n6 g" B' A* F4 ~# w+ c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 ~/ p9 P5 J* B: q* x# P# z& @9 YDo you write memos?
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？
/ k9 H- m& l0 N0 U! qWhat 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？
3 a  V' T# w/ a1 g" ~  @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
2 o4 p. W. J" |1 K/ R( F9 Z- d你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？