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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; Z+ y  l, ]1 t, ]记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% i! ^# ?6 d0 o6 @+ G有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ m( Y: T2 E4 v9 l! UHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
; V8 Q+ k, v' {& ^: \. t( zI'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。
( o1 {  f' {' z/ Z/ h* |5 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。
+ s/ B+ G' P, v. `/ v4 x" e" m8 _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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
# A4 f( o! l# Z( A9 c/ N, q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
, q# Z2 D: \* q7 d6 s/ BBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 z2 `* N& n, K! k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？
# L0 J; ?* A8 f  |. nAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
7 p6 i9 s& N0 \: w! C6 C; `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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
2 F5 n# \# \# Y+ }总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
$ O6 }" D- F  E  b4 C9 w为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
4 T/ `  n: F+ D$ J5 g为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 z: V  f+ C4 C7 f为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ b+ v" J, ?5 h  QWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
, s) C$ l7 K1 G: E% c' U" |/ g. BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. }4 {% _& k( y1 d" J8 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。
2 i4 D+ i+ J' H  |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
0 E  Q* k5 w4 Q9 |Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
. d+ e6 g) _3 }# i否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 \" O2 s2 P- Z' d! c7 o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 u/ Z5 f" ^  z: z* O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.
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。
Talk about it.
# J' ]6 q% ^3 h2 L% b7 b; t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？
; t7 h- e, |3 Z* O% u2 g# ^8 \7 {( lIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 `8 u8 [/ S+ A% s5 Y$ V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) p) Y8 o: G/ G! Y7 jHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, X- P. z! V' D$ \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; D  Y% o* b- g& e: dDoes 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？
( E! h6 f4 e6 @$ A. u/ ~What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
2 e3 L5 ~- h' e' Y/ u7 Y8 t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?
% ?/ {6 x% _" J1 p' V  K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？