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
- h( `0 Z) w6 ?) JSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
! V' U* ~; H: o  |6 |/ V' yI'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。
I 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。
' Y1 \9 x! F4 aAnd 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。
" N6 W1 h* n; c/ dWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
+ i8 O$ V! e, O% ]3 {( |% vI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  _4 ]8 |2 O# h  m; ]2 j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？
! @2 u% F7 J/ ~4 c  m+ AAt 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.
0 ~5 y$ F& i1 A/ p总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
# b) F" ]1 i, z& k3 }" g2 ?为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
7 @& m2 s$ e5 c- u7 pWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
% `% e% W* i& w/ \- G- GIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 ^% |9 Z0 }* }/ H" s- z! 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。
! Y5 W& ~8 T' g. z  q# |I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: D0 C5 v7 z* T' i' iOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% I" K# x; a4 d  H) J* D; k4 g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 z; R4 y4 x; b% EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# a% h& [6 U8 Q/ wWe 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。
1 m. ~9 _: U3 y  V1 @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.
  V$ P9 b$ p+ B* D; h8 M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.
谈论下面的话题：
. y# H/ g; C! SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 d) x4 F. \. c' @& V1 s' Y# g1 ^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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ ?6 }! Y$ e/ n& L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 w# Y& h% Y; c& f& k: ]你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ m* u5 J& B* A0 u# q: Q6 y7 L) k7 KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
3 F& E' U( T1 _# ^: ?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?
! S4 ]! v  X& l+ `8 }; S+ i1 A还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
6 S, O, I$ ^& v8 s& JWhat 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？