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

4 a( G' d6 F% m2 j* @  d# r记住我们为什么做某事
3 ^: N5 I/ i9 |) tSometimes 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?
8 W* a3 ]+ V- K" V, W- v你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; o3 x+ V& ~' b" V) y! E我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 U/ s/ X3 F% `& T+ nI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, D+ }' A& g# ~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.
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。
+ q" _8 G/ `7 o: r$ L. w" ZWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ m# x9 J% X5 v# U  r: \( [& U哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 d9 {# X% K' K( z& HThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
! \) S% x2 `- f  W- `我想那很重要。
" n- F9 H5 b1 V; f1 G1 g* l& U! XBut 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？
4 B. k" u9 b. z2 l5 K- c2 o* NAt 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。
" M7 z3 B! f  j1 R- h# xIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' }1 H1 l2 }9 r2 Y# o5 m3 z总是可以问问自己为什么。
  p- ^! m: g  v; YWhy 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?
! q5 j8 C5 o9 W& y! O为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 _: V3 ~9 z% k. v, M1 u- hWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 w) S4 p0 m& J# qWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. F+ ]4 v$ ?4 C: z% x- \If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
9 z: `. l, `, w( B/ Z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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
. [" U9 V- D3 ]& A) J# L" l" z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! |: V6 {3 j2 H0 E8 ?4 dWe stop starting. We quit the club.
* t0 k# U- f$ n1 c8 M2 |* l我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( V9 s# t3 f  a- _We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
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.
: h0 K& E4 @: e$ _) m" Y9 @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?
7 B) x& Y% M; M. [+ B9 n它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" N# g  `* [5 Q# u. q& w' Q/ vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" s4 ^/ U$ B7 X8 E# r5 Y7 J你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
) o4 H7 E% K6 {你写备忘录吗？
( w% M! F9 C/ r8 ZDoes 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？
; j! g- Y/ s4 s! m) j3 u+ h3 \0 TWhat 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？
5 ^3 ]1 X) ~- K& F: _+ `! z. PWhat 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？