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

9 H) X9 }8 U% ?6 [3 o; j  F; l/ t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。
$ q! d, V' O  F/ @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.
, \( A  u) H/ I- ~$ G! w我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
; ~; A$ f! s- {/ Z9 |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。
  ]/ W, H# F1 N4 n- [( v6 YAnd 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。
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.
这是一个记忆问题。
( g  w) q( _9 N2 S$ _I guess that counts too.
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.
4 S* \& n' @! {' O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.
2 }6 a% `4 D" `) c' }9 `总是可以问问自己为什么。
' \% m9 S+ l* x' O9 n) p  k. u" RWhy 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?
* R% \8 O. ]: }, u/ m: q5 T( n为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 ]" O2 b% F6 i: x# o% h1 hWhy my friend was this person?
2 d0 P8 H& c6 W; g& B4 ^为什么我的朋友是这个人？
2 U5 ?. G2 W* q; AWhy did I get married?
$ Q- M/ F. o. c4 V, O9 S/ i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。
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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 L5 C  l0 [' C- o! P  UWe 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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% D1 C. F. l1 k, ^& nThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
  u9 U5 C1 J% S$ ~& g/ _3 G/ i0 y问为什么没什么问题。
7 H! r# U5 f$ ^$ _- ^0 a' iIn 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：
. [& _$ t( a- v# p, ^% E4 kIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' {% F" T9 D9 ]* b$ ~: _你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  S* S% r7 t6 l- i  CIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ R$ l' l0 I! O你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' l; `( w6 `  HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, \+ Y  d# k$ F7 P( d5 X- E& `  r; o你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 @& v$ O3 H% H4 U/ D& t你写备忘录吗？
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？
- z! W3 X* W* X+ A& F  |% PWhat 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？