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

% r5 U+ N  H2 G5 @: _& j) k, v( J9 Q记住我们为什么做某事
, u. O0 O( W2 o+ T" uSometimes 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？
' D5 l+ S& F$ Y& B1 x/ |1 f% b9 R5 I6 L' qI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 b2 B& J2 y  G* X我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& F1 }1 l4 _3 q7 k4 BI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
3 }$ {7 e2 F( z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.
2 Z9 y$ E% S8 x5 l6 \$ Q" N1 x! v/ p# T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。
2 n/ p( X1 F( }6 W5 `Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
# P. D: I! Y: D, b3 Y4 S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。
7 j( t1 j& H4 T: P' v( v2 pI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
* Q7 ?8 n) Y1 v+ @6 V) WBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 N: X( R  }# ?$ e2 p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.
& G' c( ~- U! p. W8 ^& S7 u; t8 |对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! m' l$ w6 }+ s$ v8 c( H! F& @It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- u% U. K/ I! J& r总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" M4 A2 a! }. V3 Y9 X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
( N9 ]" q% k. v7 h% J. ?; s: m) zWhy did I join this club?
+ Q/ z, [/ ^; b: q) M9 d0 U为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
& [' y) t7 o2 e# t9 Z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.
% ]. e, ]' F4 p* k/ r. B  t+ x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。
/ [# m- {9 K* O' fI think we need indeed remind us of why.
& F5 J& H* ]- M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。
+ z6 y4 v3 U! T& Z- _" GWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
9 [5 `  U" y. O( i问为什么没什么问题。
( r  {0 v, ]' A8 k6 LIn 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。
9 M! |7 e8 P' S0 @7 n5 d: YTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% F9 T0 D. O; O+ d1 M) y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* H/ G$ d/ T; ~  M, [3 n$ EIs it a kind of distant memory?
2 f7 s, X1 m, h# H它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
& Y; S& P+ Q4 g, V4 N7 J! n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
$ I  Q4 O! Y0 @0 T/ t' m* `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
% M& t0 P* `" ]你写备忘录吗？
3 M+ l& ?$ B( c0 a& S% P9 SDoes 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?
9 J. `% A& {, F# b% }  Y$ s6 F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？