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

, |; t% |, h9 \$ d3 W5 Z记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& i2 l9 |8 `! r6 p- V有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
+ K, H9 {9 X- o你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 _! ~& r' a% ]4 A$ Y( KI'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.
5 \/ h6 C. |! y7 }% z- w% t我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
8 T& v) ?) Z* l* cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 Y$ j* o- Y* R1 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。
: |' p5 j9 W- T% fWell, 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。
4 {* R; f% S5 |! h: @That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; R: [! C4 A  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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
( Q) B1 M+ F0 s! h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.
- K0 }1 _" |/ h对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, K: I( r6 l0 E% {. J$ @( G, }It's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 `- H6 q+ [& u总是可以问问自己为什么。
) H! o& E) i. @+ A2 }& dWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, _* C. h. c9 E. w8 ~  n* U% tWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- P# k/ R1 S, T( d/ y# bWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; M0 ~- f0 d4 p9 W1 n2 n  x" K/ xWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, [; }4 ?+ x3 o& Y, n" SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
0 g6 ]& k  z: g# D5 U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.
7 R. P) ^9 n0 P6 W0 D我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
, `' S5 c- C* Z( a# U0 b! tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 l8 a* N* q3 k" W0 d3 y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.
3 O9 B" W. K) L. g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ w+ s9 i  S6 C4 o9 k# D" AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: V" p/ i7 P3 P# K) q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.
4 v+ W; p; @/ P* H, M5 j7 E3 V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：
) W+ s, o) R3 P8 A0 \9 W  ^! H% V* HIs 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？
5 g0 L" m0 E" p* \/ |1 XIs it a kind of distant memory?
: z2 A8 a6 u* H* a( A2 ]5 B它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! `: k, G4 q) u. f& H* r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 |# E1 k) I! _Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 v. s+ T- h. }6 F* q" N+ h; z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?
! `+ g( ^5 Q0 x3 \& N+ Q. @. h还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
% f5 g/ N. [0 I; Z: g3 w0 I4 O/ R: sWhat 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？