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

; u2 p# I) A* X! _记住我们为什么做某事
0 f; ?4 U: e0 \5 j4 E0 GSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& g1 v' u* K' D5 t" l* J有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) Q( j# O8 }0 w+ ^7 @Have 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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 X8 R" s" J8 `' y! e; T/ v2 v$ N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; i$ [: L; f7 p* ]* TAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ H$ ~1 e+ n/ r9 m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.
' ]  ]4 G/ d/ K5 k% t: g这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- A. B" }" {% G% N1 _+ M0 P. jBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ E( b% `% w1 v6 C2 w6 r6 x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.
, l+ t. R0 _* Q3 c* L( b9 Q$ K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。
; q( C0 l) O% l( O# I5 `' aIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
% Z/ F2 q' B& h. h$ Y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？
/ N& @) ?9 b8 M0 V& m+ w2 `. cWhy did I join this club?
, C, L) o6 l' Q: l: Y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 [" Z+ V. s7 \) \Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ Q* P1 I3 ^: X! z3 b+ O. L0 }Why did I get married?
1 I. j7 r0 x0 Q: ?为什么我要结婚？
$ |, x. H3 K$ z# F5 F0 `If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
  j6 ?2 B1 u& e3 s0 i: \4 H1 F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。
+ Y& z: D8 Z$ C0 P: z& ~& C& `/ aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- N% n6 k# t+ i" c1 G! N9 JOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) c( K  y+ C% S2 ^% j( hWe 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.
3 c8 x# p3 d5 K$ l0 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" ?! f5 q  s0 ]$ b, I+ VIs 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?
" D5 V1 v/ n" @5 q它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
, u6 x  Y* W( M1 Y5 ?6 F% C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 N9 M. k) d- LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
* V$ ]. E4 V# V3 y你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
+ ]' Y7 {+ S  f% Y2 h" E你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
  H0 k* C4 E' E  h4 X3 O! s6 T6 E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？
- e0 z7 U" x. `' g: mWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& w( u, U% O- Y& M! y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？