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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* U# |3 q$ L: f) e! l& S! e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。
8 N7 H" _1 l/ t8 o. K' VHave you ever done that?
) C6 m/ D; N9 A- p! x4 N& u# b你曾有过这种经历吗？
. [/ {- R5 o. ~6 v( |* QI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' U. ~+ I5 Z4 u$ o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.
! u3 Z) D7 E$ X我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 m( S4 }4 D1 I5 d! e& XAnd 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.
% y- v# u4 q* A8 b- F0 o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) B8 A4 }: p8 O( }2 r1 LThat's a memory problem.
( `7 q6 l4 z$ V) L  L1 L6 Y0 t这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 v$ j5 n, ?1 E, q8 a# r我想那很重要。
& ^! ?0 B% c+ x% f3 m# ~But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 v' o* t8 K- g( z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？
; g) B2 U# n2 i+ f4 u' OAt 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。
2 e5 ?# n( F) C+ u7 Y' }' [7 SFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- q' W0 ?1 _! r0 }& o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
: l, c3 l7 C; [3 Y& d6 Q+ p/ NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 _( v5 i* ~- }2 gWhy 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?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 D& r. B' J* O1 v9 yWhy my friend was this person?
! Q# Y/ X  O: j; ^* `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 @6 k& L# L" U7 ~6 jWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 O4 ^8 ^, a; |" Z9 IIf 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.
( d1 ]* S4 w( P- e: F, {0 v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.
5 x0 Q6 T# T: W& ?: ^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.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
& N1 ]$ m4 @& V7 _& v) _There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
0 J9 x' K% Y, K4 kIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 n; s3 G! K# z6 y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。
# M$ W2 b) E1 g% {- uTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( A# V1 c1 B7 xIs 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?
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……
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 K0 f9 R! C3 v7 A5 t: sDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
" w  E) G9 ]  I& pDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% H# G1 C8 [/ y8 P8 t% A8 D/ T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?
0 {! M: l6 j( X4 o' k3 m% K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？