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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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 R5 @5 j: @! A' ]8 |% IHave you ever done that?
2 |& |' }& x' u# Z你曾有过这种经历吗？
9 H0 n# O: l8 n% TI'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。
4 r2 j7 H3 H4 x- J  O7 x! ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& D: O2 O( R- }% H4 m. c4 h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.
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。
3 v, }, ?; D# o5 [, QWell, 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。
' J6 S! h" |1 k+ b& {That's a memory problem.
* r% I  ^' Z$ G+ r8 }3 `这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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。
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。
9 `, I1 S: O& x! [/ mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
' @! ]$ t! a# m4 O; [Why 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?
+ H, X* D2 i7 D3 J8 o% Y为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
& v. g3 X( }# ~/ k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 }3 W" T4 ^+ i* P8 RWhy did I get married?
; F) ~) K5 ~1 s7 c: w! o为什么我要结婚？
$ `" Z! j$ I5 i0 d8 jIf 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.
- f: {/ w9 x% n9 E& F' p" t- e# |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.
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。
! s' y/ f0 Y! m1 G. T2 WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
% A5 n' M4 s0 BIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. |, `/ |# R4 m+ O! R  `0 Q- _3 z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.
4 _) I" Q! C- r) {1 n谈论下面的话题：
3 a; o& S' q- j( ^; w  ^# tIs 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？
2 L6 w" H4 r8 y  \$ l9 W% `4 h% kIs it a kind of distant memory?
/ O& _, I  w1 o( W9 K# [它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 V- t3 O8 k* @+ p3 M& r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
5 R- }, e) Q% S" m: T; Q, IHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 J4 N) d& `$ n' }) O3 S* H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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 f2 k2 H+ }. R. U, K  |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 J$ `; s  r( e6 q1 b3 iWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, r/ j  v9 S8 f  l2 y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？