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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 n) l8 z$ o9 h0 ]& z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ f4 t7 H9 b/ D# HHave you ever done that?
9 R: n$ m+ t$ }% p你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ h8 _% B, O0 N/ Z3 w5 }7 M) E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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
3 F6 F0 s' w" m. Q8 K2 {我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 }1 h5 a+ a# 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.
1 @$ ]9 }3 f/ C$ U/ P1 a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?
4 N  R' y- O" k$ D# w, }为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
$ B2 Y: b2 I4 J0 J  E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: @) q+ Y* m: b/ G3 BWhy did I get married?
5 U0 D6 v2 Y1 Y, T/ a. Q为什么我要结婚？
0 g4 z( E. ^6 aIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! o$ c2 F: R! J$ d  P6 p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。
4 N9 F" T; K- {. u1 X; b, C! ]I think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ J( R: W  l/ Y; J+ Z; {我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- C' E& Y2 r1 V% jOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
' W' o. h5 b, R" p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。
8 m- w# [% d# f0 WWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
) j: ^5 K: m" H. M5 ^% d我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
  D. F5 N3 P7 Z, oThere'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.
; p3 r) [$ U% j8 p& l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：
1 u3 a" V% D8 l% P) fIs 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？
* v5 A4 b2 t" @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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% s" i. w5 A" u. J/ uHow 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?
; I( O! P2 h6 J2 t$ c5 F- {你写备忘录吗？
6 I' x5 p9 r/ GDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& g4 u! {* i- ~2 n: C& p) t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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
) b1 I6 f1 {" J$ a) S. |" ^0 C' H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？