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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9 _; l7 h! j3 l2 o8 P8 h$ j记住我们为什么做某事
8 v5 E! X) q% S1 L& }2 n2 P, |! |' bSometimes 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?
. s% Q" M% ]* |1 v你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 P, S8 f8 `/ R0 s+ G我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: f  P' a! W/ H* t. S+ k! I# w. \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。
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.
8 y6 b6 A% u: p3 N! d# Y这是一个记忆问题。
0 K: }4 k9 |- m$ G3 eI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
9 a7 n. K: q8 \& u- @, zBut 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？
: |% g% P$ K9 Y8 P8 i; m" A9 ~9 UAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ N" ^% N! S% P) y9 b. p- Q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.
: a" i6 \3 G% j9 {$ X1 m) H* ~# {对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* V* Q: |8 H) c6 e6 VIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
) p4 z) `3 Q, F. z总是可以问问自己为什么。
* |& ~; r/ ^4 V6 zWhy did I start to learn a language?
7 b2 |6 R, T% Z- I$ U$ z# h! r为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
2 B( b- z: k! j$ O+ I  n2 I为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# v/ R/ A$ Y( h4 gWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
' ?* T( t- v4 y/ x1 F' QIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 c7 A& D2 I5 w- |- Z/ C! H8 \) L' G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。
7 i- `/ o9 I: S! H2 g6 L& eI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 o; D- W* ^9 l5 v, q: YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" E  e! O. m/ D否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
- ~" w6 ?# n$ m: }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) t: e( ~& f  _$ x/ L7 y, kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 R1 B7 n) Q. I2 M$ S: ]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.
8 Y- D2 w$ O% W/ v2 p, L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.
/ J) N0 C/ `% q( K* q# B0 ~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.
; ^( E2 F1 V3 I4 e4 Y谈论下面的话题：
% m+ y; T' d, g# oIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 g+ v/ t- K1 I7 d4 G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?
; K( w( {8 A6 k( M" w0 G0 U, V它是一种遥远的记忆？
- v# k! z; ^0 ]Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! [2 K, ~$ u9 J. G2 Q0 [+ g% P你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
3 |/ h; r# ]" m% {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
% O, @% e2 i. x7 A' i0 n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?
5 D9 l$ n  u1 J9 T( Z( g) z# I你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 B" ~9 @( W$ C8 o' R0 T4 xWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. {4 x; g7 t0 }' S7 M9 @- e" Z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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？