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

* I6 p. `( ^1 `. ]记住我们为什么做某事
4 i$ o2 H. ]  s% w( {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?
! B  M5 y5 Z2 t" [6 C1 J. ~) @你曾有过这种经历吗？
# a& c6 p, m* ~" k! ~I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
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.
/ X- g* d4 q2 {9 c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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
+ t, Q2 ~: F! e( n* T/ HBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* [8 B7 i9 ?' z* m' ^( W% A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？
. i5 b  F' B( m2 VAt 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。
; ]2 C: Q; W1 J& h) x2 xIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 P# Z0 i' Z- r+ |$ r6 t4 aWhy did I start to learn a language?
$ Z5 w& p. _" [/ Q9 H9 v, ]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 g2 w- d. n# xWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 J- v( r  i; EWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
& E8 Q5 v" x& E4 L5 RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ A- l$ ^4 U& b% i9 a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。
$ `6 o% Q5 w& Z; n- t0 R, b: L4 ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
4 f$ m9 `7 ^1 t6 z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 z% Z8 D+ j$ J: p- ~1 e$ H我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  ?! M- c- h" o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。
- u+ [/ O& I& K+ FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ O! e4 g  W  L6 \你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 Q, C* l# k& _/ }Is it a kind of distant memory?
0 @  J% ?0 E  X7 |# e它是一种遥远的记忆？
: u& {: E) ~; _- Y0 iDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ `. ~. l; g0 Q. E9 vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
$ z; T. j& _) P3 q: i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？
3 ]) t% F/ n, h& S0 x9 k( yDoes 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" @: y/ J, B% k还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 a+ n! L( }3 c! `' l9 RWhat 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？