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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1 p" ~" z3 K, w" i  ]9 _8 f( L记住我们为什么做某事
) h' s7 W- N$ L# X: k4 d1 JSometimes 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。
( X7 i$ J" i! HHave 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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 e- h- C' n- |) V# n  \I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
+ b+ Q5 z% `1 Y6 H% Z1 U( k2 n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.
9 `' G4 b$ E+ A+ o1 z0 @7 v+ v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。
( M7 W. \+ U! I9 H. v2 [Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
" p+ P0 S" x9 v( C5 j哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
: B: j8 |! y+ [: u( z这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
( u# V2 u; O4 u1 ?7 f8 p1 e0 U+ w我想那很重要。
& ^8 K! G$ L. t: L1 VBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
4 H# Q' E( ]) b: `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？
$ d3 J& Z4 o; c/ b( O& O& KAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
. }. [! Y, R- Y8 A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.
" `- E/ g3 P% I, P- I. C5 O对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
' L7 z7 b9 ^9 }' ]1 qIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
$ W, K& ^- K2 i* s6 C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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 V+ }9 e3 `) H- m4 y; OWhy my friend was this person?
& H5 I5 P1 x5 M1 \8 A$ m8 U  U为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
' l; q) k7 T' K/ _/ Y" ]3 H2 Z& ^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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 ^5 c% l  |! v2 S; ^Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
* d% t  }) W. F. n* I; A否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 B# e2 k8 q. |3 I+ J2 D5 qWe stop starting. We quit the club.
1 u+ G/ ~) }  J4 B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 o3 F3 {$ r7 a0 R$ W6 bWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& X! [3 o+ w8 s+ r/ R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.
8 F1 u# s$ W! `5 K+ D3 @" h  ?" Z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：
/ N. E' n9 Q- P0 H# rIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
8 j' D6 p: r' n( e它是一种遥远的记忆？
; f: _1 I* _) |Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
  ^- [1 H+ s: B. R/ g* U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. y. |- P1 Q2 X) t+ c, tHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 a4 \: E( `7 k% a! g2 ?, X你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' z* R4 _5 X" V3 b! k: `Do you write memos?
. X0 f4 F+ }6 S, r你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
! t/ h) g. S% l3 s- S7 m3 \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?
: h: ?/ W4 C5 B6 X  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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？