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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4 s" S* v1 f# Y# }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。
6 V+ x5 M' o% I, A6 e% x& k" MHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
0 x/ W" n' _5 j! }* R; c; FI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 `# c! i# p) @) R. C) P0 [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.
  \2 D# n+ V2 t; b4 h; w, q我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
' F% W5 h% F. Q9 t/ O/ G& T8 m0 s4 m+ oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, l; I. |; x+ j! v6 A, c" Y3 g1 y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。
7 A( f! h* O- J% T: z+ C1 ^8 XWell, 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。
) Z: }# N5 D$ E" w: JThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
9 N3 l2 T1 @) n, VI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
! ~1 m& n  C5 }$ ?: K8 P- i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？
# @' y7 g0 Z: I& S' u+ |3 aAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* g' f% u; [$ X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.
# {* B) g6 X% Q* j. L对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ G; ^7 e8 M5 w! I4 K, _- y  @It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 W  y+ k3 a) Q# fWhy did I start to learn a language?
, X  m! K" p2 c3 D" X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 V/ Z4 k. n* t) ?Why 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？
' b: x" l+ O8 A8 mWhy did I get married?
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。
7 ]/ {) N/ Q# c9 s2 oI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
% [: i- B( O) |/ }8 @5 u  e否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 X- _5 A  @9 l. v, d& v& b* ZWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
0 g8 A0 }6 K4 s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  V* ]4 ]+ W+ R) ?* M) M7 JThere'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。
6 }" O, [( L! `# N: M" `* P% ETalk about it.
0 X0 o4 w9 G$ b1 D& f2 Q  f谈论下面的话题：
! T+ O: x: P3 q4 a5 j8 g) S  nIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
; R2 T: e( W+ |# k9 [Did 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?
2 U% c, G* y1 E( ]1 W, A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？
) I& m9 W# c/ ?8 CDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ a1 k8 z1 Z3 ?; I4 j! v+ ]# [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?
$ D. ~% `( Z6 g( G; n: f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？