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
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3 C( z" M  H) M- F: A* {) c/ {) _  u9 J记住我们为什么做某事
% Q1 I3 p" o9 [Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; q7 z' k- r* x# E7 v  L有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
$ k4 g; N; V2 K$ ?* z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。
. |) d0 n1 u0 H( uI 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。
& X3 s/ c: F. W" ^, f6 _3 f+ Q( IAnd 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。
; X9 @: i/ G, D, JWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ E5 _/ C, ?3 N( X& S+ a" k, \0 p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 p& L0 J2 `0 d5 J) w* G这是一个记忆问题。
4 ^! b1 z, V5 H2 q, Q) {. {I guess that counts too.
3 U# A- [& v) [) w- {我想那很重要。
7 z: _# h0 i: cBut 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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 Z! v; }" I) F+ O1 P- T% D& ]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。
- M1 m3 x9 p- c8 D' I$ ?* [Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 y$ K9 T1 o0 c/ k; v( C6 J) [Why did I join this club?
( B3 @( U% N/ v: c7 ?为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
; U- Q( J5 Z; Y$ [% u# e# U( kWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 K$ t, r% [4 Y: e* y0 A( b8 R0 bWhy did I get married?
9 |1 H& r7 i# G; O" _! E为什么我要结婚？
* t: P0 l. @/ j: }: ~' ^If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
; b, z" C9 m: _* M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。
  O* x/ d" k/ ~/ R8 eI 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.
2 o) K9 G5 Z5 L9 J否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
- B4 x+ h( o. v8 M我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' P! p2 {+ z' d& c! _* iWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  d. Z; e# F; n7 m' [( [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.
1 g, U) {5 o0 e7 X( C: d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.
, s/ p8 L2 E1 Y. k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.
! M- I+ S% |9 D' z  S8 J谈论下面的话题：
) s) m6 s9 g( B' ~3 f/ K2 a1 K. L# kIs 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?
1 O) E: Y. K% b* ^它是一种遥远的记忆？
. f' }+ C. S0 d# E- `, a6 q6 eDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 i. X1 t3 p( m) f2 `你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 J; g4 ^+ d' T/ @( O8 K7 ~7 ?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？
6 w( l5 K0 ]4 k) E; h% sDo you write memos?
  y8 @4 i, Z" C4 K- q你写备忘录吗？
& p  ^8 @8 ^* PDoes 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？
+ o4 L/ c. m+ P4 b; H; DWhat 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？