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

" q: D4 N+ h7 B% |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。
* }- n0 G& Z8 M/ m0 H3 P) [Have you ever done that?
* }( M7 B& b, g你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 M3 L/ n7 I4 _2 `  u  X我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" t0 ], L3 U7 n) I6 K" l* B  zI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' H7 p( A( t. ~  x+ t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.
; b" z6 @  l8 `" T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。
: }+ T1 o+ o+ G7 B8 ]That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
7 k" `& [  F# ~$ b6 I5 c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.
- t% [; t7 l* o9 D* S* _4 z+ J9 e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.
# P1 W0 j0 [0 |4 a9 L对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
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？
1 u8 \2 U2 h4 P2 W+ Y0 U$ w+ @Why did I join this club?
" B& D9 d! f+ [+ d# c& J为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 a; `# `) Z% s" b8 ~Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 f3 Z5 f( P1 D* LWhy did I get married?
% z: y( q! s3 \/ h" m为什么我要结婚？
% L0 g( H# Y# @' v) X4 r( @! iIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 G# a& c/ C. \. w/ E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.
) b7 z2 w8 o% [2 ~$ O. z4 b我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
9 t  p7 l; M6 U* X6 t9 ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 G* a1 A" U% O: [We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# M, y9 j5 t0 {8 [9 K) \# ^We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( h- y" j( S: A6 _( W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。
% c! l: ?' F  A% r4 FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
4 _5 K6 g+ k0 b" b: A. f; N, oIs 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？
$ {- A% `: b0 t4 |. _Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 I0 K4 J( {3 i9 m# F  _Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: W1 O1 f% i, W' u2 n! g! m$ q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？
; G, F  I8 b% W, N1 y0 mDo you write memos?
& w5 z* v* B5 x! F" i/ j你写备忘录吗？
- E- U0 p& A2 N) M# XDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 Y, y4 L9 B# n% H! J- b& t$ n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?
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？