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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1 {. C2 a) R/ @记住我们为什么做某事
& X# M' \# \5 v! 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。
' ?5 B" J* t' D) V% d) O5 hHave you ever done that?
: x$ G1 p: M: e+ x& m9 q& k0 o  l你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 G- G' M2 l, ]" T- B) I* sI'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。
! A. f; K1 B% m; CI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' W6 X3 V8 e' l我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
$ i6 L6 b+ S0 }. M6 wAnd 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.
+ R) I. Y6 U8 Z6 W* `" n! U哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 B7 K; |; h4 z1 ^: d, N1 KThat's a memory problem.
8 \3 y2 o  v! |' Z* k& @这是一个记忆问题。
9 O' i# g) D. p0 ]  x3 ?I guess that counts too.
5 D5 g5 j9 k  o! Y我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 G: D. b+ Z+ }. D2 `0 b- V/ [2 i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.
' Y  H# ]) b4 ^- w2 @在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  [; j2 v" N/ z4 JFor 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。
. _. n7 v' K- b1 bIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
8 p- `1 L' G; Z总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
! L. H' L5 X. y4 b) q8 a为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
( ~* I8 d$ Q' q0 F4 G为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; G9 t/ o. M# n! G( c8 v为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# Q% L; t( d" _) q: a* [Why did I get married?
  r8 L( X: |: p$ D% e2 h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。
; E# A" ?) |$ Q: |& 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.
) e9 n: Q; N) z- N' T. j我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 Q4 p* u: {8 u- ]+ LWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
+ f. M" d, e; ~( wIn 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。
1 X' u" H, _0 I' x, ?$ TTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' D" i) F/ G5 K* z, Q9 l( H你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
& o3 J7 K8 E# A" J/ 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?
, m. f/ R8 w  H, p- Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 o+ _! ]" A( k$ ^4 mDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: [% E+ V$ o+ f: 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？
3 G1 q7 g4 ]/ Z" u- M/ zWhat 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？
3 K9 b! A7 H$ |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？