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

6 k5 U9 c! R; M, j记住我们为什么做某事
8 p/ _& U' s- CSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" a2 M6 k1 v$ |5 s有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
. B% Z8 Q" ^4 ~你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 n! h1 D) w" s7 T0 Q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ R5 k& Z# g+ o7 S6 ?' D4 k' wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- n4 D: O( U0 K/ p2 [) h% \5 Y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.
7 l+ ^9 S; H5 K, D8 K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.
  y* F. {( y! Z, W: g; e: U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。
+ G/ U: ]+ @8 D9 R% ~! A! [9 _: lI 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.
7 s! S# X/ G9 ^5 v) R5 Z在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 v/ J8 l, X/ ZFor 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.
: P9 u" i5 F! t8 p- m+ _9 U, J总是可以问问自己为什么。
& F0 m% @# W* _" CWhy did I start to learn a language?
0 l) |" P+ j# e# z( b2 ?9 q$ c) t为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% ]8 n0 W* I2 R# ^4 D- ?. jWhy 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?
. z7 d! a2 v. p8 P& @6 M6 C4 m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.
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.
6 n2 g9 v4 q/ w9 d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 \, J0 W3 W% k; X9 EOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 p5 n: t8 _( N/ p' zWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; S( P- |8 X. a8 QWe 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。
+ i0 ^4 u2 f6 S8 B* n2 d9 _In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
' @. G/ P5 V/ E; u$ B) N6 K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：
. s2 ?" t8 U; ?& \Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ z. c( a. z$ e你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* w1 T. ~5 M5 b3 \  H; `/ z. D6 B! ]/ jIs it a kind of distant memory?
2 k3 E# @4 h: R, p它是一种遥远的记忆？
+ d* z0 G% g! s( D1 X/ P; N; r) b# LDid 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？
& U* ~- ]2 a1 X. k- F. C  ]Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
' d' |1 f1 a) x% v& i" B+ b/ }Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 Z/ u! g7 Y, m5 ~0 |8 I你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
4 B7 n$ \' j6 h4 b6 l% X5 hWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. L( `1 h$ I/ D2 R4 o  yWhat 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？