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

记住我们为什么做某事
2 p& d* ]$ }% K& Y- u$ YSometimes 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?
. H# \- Z* Q4 b" E8 L你曾有过这种经历吗？
% z$ N# ^3 l; _6 ~5 A+ {I'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。
3 V7 `, N- r. w0 T1 j/ [! A7 \* uI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# z* [# z7 E& [5 _0 [8 P' |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。
Well, 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。
- W) o5 y' c/ A* E# |6 m  [6 z$ SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
$ @# J, J8 \2 w5 Q5 ZI guess that counts too.
* u8 }6 Z% L7 C) U8 D我想那很重要。
  h1 {; N3 B; P' }5 qBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( n8 L8 X: \3 m! W* _# |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。
5 {. K3 j( u* B  j" V+ |Why did I start to learn a language?
; |/ I8 r0 ~4 L: ~7 N8 v  F0 X为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
6 C8 Y  B9 \# L' F1 O7 V' j为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; o, J. K' D8 q& J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ J# N. j) V. _7 _$ `7 Z1 bWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
  G8 A+ F  v$ ~+ R# l* [- CIf 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。
5 [) X2 [3 L" a) z- O& J4 s! YI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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。
7 a5 g! k( t* f. ?We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( ~/ b) w) b8 D% ]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.
1 t, V: v0 P: `4 L- Z, o% ?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.
谈论下面的话题：
6 Z6 E* P$ }. h1 _- {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* T% r" g4 V& {+ T5 I; k: T你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
' a! k: q6 j; e* y0 fIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( b! m% \  a' _6 o你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- y: C! f* o9 U( M" PHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 p9 X: {% m* d& v) J+ L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?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& p' f0 X4 M& j) O0 iWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
7 H; a% B* q; u# B8 Q6 D+ H/ q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?
/ v1 ~6 Q8 g0 t; l% _( E你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？