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

$ ?* j6 k1 @) M" Q6 i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。
4 g/ U% V: t  Z' ^0 i5 tHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
; W( l" _4 {0 MI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ Y, A2 c5 G0 I) T" K- {9 L我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
0 z2 H% Y& C; W; FI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
% [- J2 T) k3 k- T: u: q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。
3 k6 t$ x  I+ k' O  i' a! K! hThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ `4 J+ W8 e: ?7 S% HI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& N2 V* x' T2 i" @( O2 A/ OBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
" [) _+ {0 G# K1 b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？
2 U0 Y. r) e3 ~/ l( ]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。
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?
& L& z: w. R) D! E为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- _8 f4 c2 o2 i0 HWhy my friend was this person?
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.
5 ~  Z7 W2 S3 w- C3 V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.
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。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 e7 l5 _  T  h$ CWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 @9 G+ M* Y" m& v4 k5 F0 o5 m8 m$ r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.
/ z2 N! Q) R6 t: d" |问为什么没什么问题。
% J0 N, W+ U' D+ [+ P* k2 \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。
8 s; N( [  U8 JTalk about it.
: p$ d" l  e$ r  ^  y9 H. v* M3 e谈论下面的话题：
4 y" a8 Q. V( m$ g/ EIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: v- X  A" \0 C! ]# G. M7 M3 y+ q你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" Y* i+ B* W( xIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 o& W0 R* G' Q6 W" z8 g3 uDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 h$ }) J* i- `; t- E" R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 P& j& ^% p& d; pHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 T4 ?! J8 X- [9 @1 T0 W% O, g8 `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?
0 u6 c* [2 a3 n0 p6 ^2 L还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: s. {- U8 [5 IWhat 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？