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

3 ~; c$ B* ^: f/ j4 \; C! a3 R记住我们为什么做某事
% `. e2 m6 r- f7 e6 [! g: q& s1 KSometimes 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?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. ]- w% G/ [6 `) T3 H$ 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.
# u6 k6 l- O6 l6 _" z, z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.
& g( T  W9 l6 Z  C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。
, C8 k$ \# ^" c( }$ A$ t7 ], fThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
5 a* ], U/ w/ l$ x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。
% t  b3 y1 x" w2 I5 p+ @) eFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 ^/ S1 e' k( U3 r" s9 q# X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. b/ S& X3 e. o& t& Y$ a5 [7 ?5 BIt'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？
, R; \* c1 F4 ?# a- f: k0 LWhy did I join this club?
7 [# {3 g1 x4 q7 G' o为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 y$ ^3 `  m8 y2 a为什么我的朋友是这个人？
0 T$ ?& C, V$ PWhy did I get married?
# g6 |5 j. W+ r0 U% X- q为什么我要结婚？
1 G% b7 x& [: q+ q7 A. zIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- Z; C7 e" B! w# n6 m1 V# q4 n% C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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
: Y7 c6 T0 e/ o. t3 z$ y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.
. W5 x# G! F  l' P+ O% X: z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。
+ W" D% y( ^/ ~, u4 m7 P8 W$ wWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% ]3 m$ G. k. ^. R& H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.
- ^  C4 e6 }4 F# }问为什么没什么问题。
4 U* v* W1 X2 }6 Q8 ~* G) QIn 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：
, H7 f3 F% {( L! {- cIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ K% L! N9 |/ Z% L9 e2 d9 s. {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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  l; N: ?3 [  Z' f9 Z  `0 w! M1 B6 {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?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 g; S' j" J" C" p' QDo you write memos?
0 N- C0 B+ \; ^你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- x4 O, W' c8 i2 l# |$ h, Q6 N8 D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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？