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

5 }$ [5 D4 P6 g9 V# J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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 j0 W( O4 L  Z% T# w: TI'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。
( l( }# w+ f+ _- D3 {I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ F# B0 c6 {+ [) X( m% p+ I& l" WAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
# R' f4 I4 O9 i& Y1 g* l( c0 g) i, L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。
/ ~, @. ?$ c+ c2 y  u6 CThat's a memory problem.
4 v2 S' u9 }! j5 Y8 E' ^这是一个记忆问题。
; j% |) E: w" Q. A4 p) m, WI guess that counts too.
$ a! N- L# A3 W* c' N1 n8 E4 V我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 F; C1 z) p7 U4 `/ ^' H( t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.
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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ `. H' X6 a8 L* hWhy 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?
6 O4 _  h0 c: A: \9 G1 U为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- Y1 q0 w- Z# b+ S9 c2 vWhy my friend was this person?
" m% [: M1 n, N- g! w* N为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! d% U# i1 k7 P# G$ M; CWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! L* @8 K( B% x; }2 U0 m; EIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' L2 y/ G6 b* ~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。
! Z$ q8 N3 ^2 X5 v' VI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" T/ J; E, S9 r2 ^/ t我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
+ i9 r; ], H" h! I) ~: b5 l; \* XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
  K5 R4 f4 d8 O0 \* y& J, ]2 D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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- j, g) u( o. O" l$ {! e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  Y7 K/ S8 i% g( |( @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.
9 d" o4 t+ {, `" v+ H& m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：
Is 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？
! q4 O9 x; a! `8 A! {" N. BDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: C9 J' I( o& n6 A; M- rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; p1 g3 X/ Y. i$ n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
5 D, O9 b6 _4 SDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
4 y) G4 z$ I) t" q4 I, ?Does 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?
4 D1 ~) H0 B; v8 F' i9 Z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？