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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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。
8 e( L5 ]# a+ S# t, C4 bHave you ever done that?
" \" b" |* l0 `! |* j+ Z* v7 A! @7 u你曾有过这种经历吗？
, b# t* E8 Z! \* }4 [3 }! A" TI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% n% ^% A. u! X, W+ [我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I 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.
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。
( N* r5 D; ?9 ~& fWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 h7 c2 f  R. _7 j" u# R1 n* O% Y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。
9 f/ {2 e3 p* E1 u6 x% sI 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？
9 A/ n4 z9 Z3 ~  D- h5 a1 c3 s2 d( OAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* B0 `  o0 c8 o$ w+ m  _# F4 R" H% t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。
- l& A! I6 d7 J, ~: \It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
' o; e/ p+ Q0 ]" \$ e4 z9 l3 _Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" |& e5 s7 j, h: g: x( T8 @6 p3 \Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( L, R, l7 p, _: F: O5 B/ w- uWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( B9 e9 G  p) E  V1 S9 wWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
7 i: T. z' F+ k0 m) rIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 f' q( r$ u$ g3 M' 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。
1 M  P6 p( p* J) v( _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
) [0 V; y0 q9 p& J7 D/ q$ a* v否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' k8 ^# ]# C& X( E' r2 {We stop starting. We quit the club.
6 s+ e' X, D8 b1 ]1 `8 ~8 z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& f! x' t' ]% }2 ~6 ]2 oWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
& }6 N9 i$ g( V  eIn 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.
8 t" y- f; Y" `8 X# _谈论下面的话题：
0 x  S: K  e3 f: W. [Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* I) h8 l+ i" ~你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; M0 U/ m3 b/ r0 |; F+ G& ^# }Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
' _6 ]& h6 ?  [. H0 E. L8 pDid 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？
3 X4 L8 l/ F% r+ d' DDo you write memos?
4 ]5 ?! Y) W: b你写备忘录吗？
3 k  g5 E4 r' @* ~6 n( {Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" o5 ]3 \" p* w你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 L6 y) W; _4 z  AWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 n. U' }5 l' W0 L  R% H$ J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?
; U& w0 E3 j% i3 f; b1 H( ]; K  x你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？