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

: n3 B: D5 t2 R! a6 d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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) j5 N4 I& t3 D8 S$ E6 P( U我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
5 G; F- n1 H- q4 P  }" QI 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.
- v( w$ X/ B9 b8 W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。
  H; U% F6 |) e% R; J0 CWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
! y% {( @+ x. ~  ]9 VI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
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？
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。
* ^% P! H( h0 ~6 UFor 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。
& {( U/ c& o# J- J: w* UIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: R5 C7 \* T- R* W# L: x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？
Why did I join this club?
, q2 Z2 E$ ^5 m6 {0 s* d8 \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？
! n. {( F) p0 U" nWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, s% z2 ~/ U% s( CIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 i% p2 |- M" h& D" h  M- _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.
# w* T& }. ?# O1 D# A) G否则很难完成我们所开始的。
( P; J! S/ g; e" H" E- CWe 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.
6 X; f/ g/ Q( v% G5 ^% 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.
; @( Q6 m7 z) x6 c% L% |4 p+ j1 n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。
  E8 U/ f! ~6 BTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. L# M8 ^. U2 A+ Y& h- p0 I- D/ G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?
5 t. D) Q/ w9 Y7 E( ^它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 r& M2 y8 y( K* i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 U: m: a5 J. C: XHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 i1 w. L* x6 g. T' z& |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- `5 M) [) s, t4 s, h3 V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?
& z$ a" s7 }3 ?9 @  Z! C- ^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？