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

! U& t3 j: K) ]+ g( @- 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。
Have you ever done that?
! @+ ^4 l7 V% o你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) M" V5 ?" i1 Y& b- ?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.
7 S( k3 Z9 R2 l4 Y) O3 Q  K6 k' x9 G) K我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
7 e& o9 |) x9 O" s/ Z8 F# kAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 L6 L3 i% }$ l/ z/ v; y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.
2 B9 d0 o: s1 ]# F* `& b% p3 c哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 |" v" o! J- s# y+ M5 a+ ~5 pThat's a memory problem.
  N! Z1 \: i1 m. d, o- j3 N这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 G9 g1 ~3 E' ]3 b0 y, F我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% G: v# J: ?9 p& ^+ b% T% x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.
/ w# T; S6 H1 ]+ g" U/ c$ s& l3 y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.
* h4 R7 c( |( {8 U0 d7 W4 B7 w9 L( _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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. c- Y) U0 q* V* Q; ^为什么我开始学习一种语言？
3 |; e' y5 t/ g8 ?) A# X( E# JWhy did I join this club?
4 V) W% a$ Q( o% e9 {; ^' s# K为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 E2 c1 E- j8 @Why my friend was this person?
& U1 z2 L% o5 B+ `# ~, |为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& [* r5 r/ E6 q- O: SWhy did I get married?
) G- u5 L! w( X  l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.
1 _1 `1 N. R6 V6 s5 Q/ F. N3 y4 l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- y! r7 x9 o& YI 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.
7 E3 N4 R( T. Q* O否则很难完成我们所开始的。
! B1 g3 ~7 `$ S* ^9 ]+ V7 J1 M6 fWe stop starting. We quit the club.
: O) E, `! D' Y' e# W; e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。
% }; T) C  U) Y( |" j4 a% JThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
  f9 n5 l" x2 u! e* \In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
7 l1 ]% I% m: z* c* D: {: W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.
! P+ y  w# P- e  ~5 U9 M/ T$ i7 I! L. Z谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
, I9 Y1 w; F* vIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 u* J& ~) |$ f: z# R  |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 v5 J6 \- c/ c8 LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" W% O4 ?/ `9 I. U- b/ e0 x你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
# Y: z5 |0 l$ G  ?你写备忘录吗？
: F7 F- z3 X& P& V" Y2 HDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# A1 d; `" y' C5 J1 A你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 r1 @& |( k8 |' V# }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
0 ^7 x/ H% j  Y3 @" d) Z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?
, M( i% I" o: X, V, G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？