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

$ y+ v! T6 a: n% ?% Q8 `. @记住我们为什么做某事
' H  G& h  L+ v8 K' A4 f5 X7 `1 tSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 Q. F$ X6 g* l6 M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？
' {: _# E6 T6 [0 B  N, [+ nI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 N' v' Q+ E% S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.
: ~4 {# G% y8 m; O) l我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
, h- E0 P3 l' vAnd 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。
" i' s; q& u* r: C% k+ wWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 ~' e" r+ i" S5 |, m- d) C3 g哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
6 l' B  |& m2 }9 U! n& zThat's a memory problem.
5 O# ^' i9 J" Z$ L( A8 F! o这是一个记忆问题。
* W2 \  v. p" T7 DI guess that counts too.
* v8 Z) ?$ i5 E- v8 D$ ^* N我想那很重要。
% }5 ]( q& Z  [: pBut 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 x( |' G3 J! p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?
$ J5 y1 G1 V# Y) q3 ?! c6 r$ i为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
- f9 [( l2 m2 R% k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 ?, r! ?$ w2 d- z9 _( x$ vWhy did I get married?
  o0 f" |4 @+ w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.
: \# q  F1 `% E$ B% ]( ~7 A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。
: J' ~% h  w3 M! fI think we need indeed remind us of why.
! k5 R0 @" Y5 Q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; w; l" Q; k0 Q  b; ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
- L8 z) C' F) i: S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
# K7 f/ ]. y9 w  `4 v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。
" z: D8 }0 L/ T  ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
+ x% y; c4 {# \问为什么没什么问题。
+ X) j8 u% y! a% e; Z( p- c, AIn 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。
! ?" l1 e+ |$ ~2 b9 bTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
' ], R' b! t" s9 |2 k; EIs 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？
) [* h! a9 F. b' [) o- X' qIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 h% m# V5 [# a0 {# |; i你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
4 Y4 a2 W% `5 z8 x9 Q/ d4 P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
2 G0 Z! S" V4 t& Z( f你写备忘录吗？
. x- Z2 W4 U( l" L+ ^$ T3 uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& l4 o3 H$ N' ~# X$ F7 ]6 K$ J2 R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?
. u; P2 n6 r, y" H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?
& }) w5 [: q+ o+ \, B你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？