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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; [! a9 G3 }9 x3 m记住我们为什么做某事
2 T. u, q9 ^* a- h* c% }: R" |* USometimes 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?
  ?/ T+ [) i6 X8 ]/ e& @- t1 k2 L* y你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: \% A3 A/ I" Q: q' O8 M  Y$ n! m我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ t0 A2 j1 |3 _" D: II have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ N* g+ X! t2 d8 T4 ^  n& Z  E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
3 Q3 I# ?' I" @6 U* _And 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.
6 R+ l$ {: t$ P8 c哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. ]. G( @( h# dThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( }: i' V7 R0 p1 B2 KI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: e/ _4 f" [3 P$ C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？
# l, U. ^4 V3 q6 Y; P/ P. CAt 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。
+ F3 o  }* j: e" o7 fFor 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。
/ a" D1 L3 E/ k- |' a7 cIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 I" Z2 v# G1 z, P总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
, e1 E8 p0 Y. H' ~Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
/ {( g0 Z( L% v为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 R$ Z, `1 t) Z. _. G, O* JWhy did I get married?
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.
% ^- @, D' I, n  C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' Y6 Y5 J% f0 z8 JI 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.
% n, \- _* g# x0 ]5 M) v5 t0 ?否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 [3 d7 c: U) e我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 l& N2 [5 n$ D! [7 F% U0 A3 N# \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.
9 N4 J4 @! Q3 w  H问为什么没什么问题。
4 l  |9 m/ P, m% j4 tIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# v# g- r' H; O. x! ]6 [# h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。
% H/ U* t3 ~6 N9 [! lTalk about it.
9 s$ U! [9 j( k0 ^3 d谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. l, X; i% N6 Y& x8 S7 {' s8 h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& U5 W5 m4 d5 b/ Z- j2 m# `Is it a kind of distant memory?
6 D' h. i: V% [% }7 }  i它是一种遥远的记忆？
; A! y% q: ]- c! ^0 WDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 G  r  L* t# Z# n! s你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 G, G+ }' G! D7 @4 |2 e4 x# n1 U4 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& I8 K8 t7 z; O& u你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
* m# X1 U7 [, l. Q9 T0 V你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; i$ i) a7 P  K" y8 L* C) ]你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
2 Q" U' ^  }5 s+ mWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. h( v& q3 C1 j9 E还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) K6 R, L6 i" `& l% Q9 V' v1 f5 iWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
" |1 n  x9 a9 `) q( {你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？