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
4 R8 K# E3 `4 A1 ~: i- ISometimes 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.
! _2 y3 [, b. X  ?3 _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.
2 o8 G6 q9 [* m, s9 D: w1 w我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) {$ E9 j6 G  D$ N- ]* U1 N5 K& qAnd 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。
( \; f3 @5 S9 V, m, J9 n" v8 a" ?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。
% z4 g; R& U# P. R5 {I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
3 p& H. v, J( J  a* J7 O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。
3 k/ T, b/ n- |8 ]# oIt'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?
. i# k) V, p) L* Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& r9 z0 q+ S  |6 bWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
: {6 {2 Z/ F* j7 B- mWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
6 X, z% B& e3 e3 @为什么我要结婚？
7 W% z. r& V0 }0 ~: JIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- T% V0 I9 r: j! u5 s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。
- ?$ D4 v6 {2 ?  SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
3 }$ @1 X0 B) k4 D4 P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。
4 b) S8 U1 P: G  A! T. G% rWe stop starting. We quit the club.
6 c: r( ~/ G' l3 J; r4 a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
, e% D% k$ A. o$ p( \9 {+ p6 `0 c' wWe 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。
$ e4 t6 Z& q- t+ S! tThere'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.
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。
6 ?& f+ Z$ Z2 DTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( e8 A1 k" I% _5 xIs 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？
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...
+ f! X5 O1 m6 e' J6 B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？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
! T4 K& D# U( [$ V) `2 fDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( Z/ p% [: J& f: _  A1 U$ `  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？
' t) u" }; n2 f. d3 TWhat 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?
7 s7 ?) u  f( D4 }" ^# K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？