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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3 @$ a/ g: z& d2 ?: T2 O9 j# M! ~* J记住我们为什么做某事
$ v# q( w2 K; \4 iSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
) ~9 O- e% P# e有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; L4 c7 k! w/ z& {/ f' nHave you ever done that?
& ]6 j) v5 I; f: O+ _% P8 D你曾有过这种经历吗？
% R  `  c2 b" I4 R+ l" A& v' ?I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: E2 }; y1 N" I* A4 x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
) s9 e' \3 @) a/ Q1 ?+ F! lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
  g4 k) `! S$ F8 N: ]3 c5 w0 g' V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。
5 r" u( p' K1 s$ i# _Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. b* r* C# @. Q# R8 R/ |哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ i1 m$ _$ T: a9 ~: K& G0 q! NThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
& Z' q' r& V/ n% \# f9 `I guess that counts too.
0 J/ G: q' b% ?0 n6 ]+ l( g  w, {0 A我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 ~$ M  R: w6 z7 Z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.
8 j; _& e. l( l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.
5 i) k! G4 p/ U' ?! u5 X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ k! |. b/ {5 S9 AIt'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?
% \! f/ y' d1 r7 F: D+ G为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, I( U- m  m' ~+ N3 e" o& d  @Why did I join this club?
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?
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.
0 F, {& {1 L( L. J  B8 z9 S  l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。
( B/ O2 g* S5 H1 P( d( qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; {  {" V- x$ C/ D% j; K我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, b1 h5 D; e4 [  `# h! K! J/ xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
; K2 R( g0 c% m- t. B7 M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
+ J2 p0 |1 O& Q/ T; q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& g& X6 k+ P/ t6 Y2 l4 @" p- ^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。
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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
1 A% V$ m9 K, t$ KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: p$ j8 F8 u7 ~5 A4 U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？
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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 z. V: o4 z5 Y7 PDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
7 @) R2 w  ~9 ]! j0 FDoes 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?
5 ~( M6 {5 G, }; }+ u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？