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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: x3 J1 h6 Y+ H+ w9 a  U, O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?
: t% d' x, L, n( m0 m, d3 e你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; Y$ `- S1 @1 M  N+ V我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ J! _9 X* C% L' c( q. d: A, xI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. q% {* d2 p2 @' u# L# N) _我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. k" x3 Q4 y5 |8 F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。
# y6 a/ [6 m9 e) Q/ zWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 {& s* F# O# M5 N8 d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。
! v/ q; L9 t8 t1 LI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. C% ~( o* u$ w5 w' N! XBut 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。
! P  Z4 B, `' @. ]) R; j% rFor 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。
) n, S) \$ j/ p: h. y4 i/ ?It's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 F1 x7 H8 h: g  K& D总是可以问问自己为什么。
' _7 Y# N2 s$ p8 ^6 dWhy 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?
/ m1 R7 W, N# ~- h  \为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
. A$ {. ~: D/ h& U+ w% w* X$ r* _3 kWhy did I get married?
7 c+ v9 j# j; J: b' r$ ~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.
7 K2 w( K# P. ~- b  n, g! ?! l5 t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。
" M9 V* Z6 d+ S8 {9 w9 @I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 x6 u- Y0 k8 i" A& Q" JOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 D( ], |4 n3 @% g  u3 d1 [2 YWe 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.
5 }" f9 c/ \3 |$ `; d+ q/ r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。
( r7 b% S) E1 {/ w+ J: A& x% xIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% ~9 U" O. C$ t) l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.
6 e/ J8 z4 c6 x' 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
' O8 ?  u6 C! H0 _1 y. W8 l它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 Z+ D" ]& x. ?! H$ J: h6 tDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 R2 D% `' I3 C) X1 |; q8 L* n你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 A8 V! a' E8 i# z: t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？
+ {. ?* M8 X$ E/ A; n4 N, YDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 ]# \% y+ j5 z* p  w8 a) g6 ^" j你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( m9 y. M: u4 @4 A5 T/ TWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# |( M4 k  J( T8 D7 q( WWhat 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？