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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  o6 x2 C/ R0 g  Z3 Y记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; f* c8 m; |* `  g4 Q: _有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- Q! c" s: ?' b/ EHave you ever done that?
& x- S) B: T: E; S3 C, H) A你曾有过这种经历吗？
( m) o) t' {% {+ 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。
* F7 c9 l* I  k! y' kI 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" x( @! T! Z: _6 f& XAnd 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.
: g! T( X7 W1 E9 q  j哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ A4 j+ z/ r; @% }" |5 {8 |4 hThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
+ q# C- G3 U8 R, E( X! E& M我想那很重要。
9 `) ^! g8 G3 _9 V/ @' oBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
) C7 Z9 c0 a  D) U  I& v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。
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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 Q9 Y4 P+ O$ L4 D$ L  l6 f9 B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  `: e1 s2 O$ [) u1 y( kWhy my friend was this person?
" T& x% E; }3 @4 B为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' I, H% F5 D4 E2 F8 XWhy 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.
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.
0 h% g* k+ }6 t- g( s$ u% e. c( |& s我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# o' y0 h# O1 U) G, n$ @/ Z, d1 lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
/ v+ i/ X! c3 m0 RWe stop starting. We quit the club.
( z7 {( K5 J3 @" V6 i% w9 x! n3 o* S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。
% U* e# k3 X; [* }- {* D4 K+ D% E) A( ]& PThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
4 x8 i+ ~1 g9 E' b9 X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.
# c! ~: e( h% z( e# }' {0 ]3 m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？
/ N/ B0 F% D* H% ZIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. }0 m: I  Y* ~- i6 a& s6 \你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; U$ t, l6 |& _: f你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What 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？
- n$ C; G1 I( K/ O% s( {What 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？