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

! \" X4 x1 |- K, w9 |记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 V. o4 h8 t( m有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
# P8 T( d- U. b. J6 K, H4 YHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ s& r+ A- A8 C+ U& ]4 xI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 Y5 m+ k# r5 c3 x3 ^7 d0 n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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; r' l) u- e( T7 T! W1 }And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 |* F* u! Y! x/ ?! T4 R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。
$ N2 d4 A) s7 o% S7 eI 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.
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.
, C5 ]8 H! M4 }6 U对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
" t+ A* S9 n& V- l* v3 _It's always could to ask ourselves why.
; ?4 H4 @9 X2 n" |6 s; L总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
  k9 j1 w+ u4 ^为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ E" ?0 z- [3 X/ h% |$ K- kWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, @; P4 G$ X- D/ s( l8 V" ]* bWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ K5 G0 I, @" p" d. ~Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! i' Y  |* r: Y8 U+ Y- s" n3 PIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: g9 A0 S* \4 f! `0 `6 R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。
% s% k& l" s8 }; n  X( P* qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 ^, C  [% x6 w5 D$ o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.
- M4 R% z# I# ]$ G. Q  I6 T+ K6 m否则很难完成我们所开始的。
5 g: L+ m. ?# t: z" hWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* A- B* P4 }) K! }* N2 @; h, ]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。
$ K5 U  m% B' N- N) \There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 m& n3 I- @6 q6 t8 x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。
! J  M5 G; M& x) zTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 A  h9 M+ t0 g5 J0 ]  n8 M( t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?
* ^- j7 l" e: Q4 x0 H它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
- n. G% J& o8 q  Z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
( N* k: F* k# a3 c# }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？
Do you write memos?
6 k5 C/ ^  ?$ H$ p; E1 ^8 l你写备忘录吗？
7 e2 L* ~# D: I3 A7 `$ _8 Y6 a3 eDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* p* F0 q% C: w' l( H- g4 n* U你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
4 i# `, u% Y: X3 b& T( LWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
4 X5 r" C- W/ S! D8 q6 A' m7 ^! _$ b还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
: Y/ B3 D5 O' ~# `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？