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

! U( p% C! N. I5 v0 H& h9 [记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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？
* {2 v7 k* O5 s# {4 ^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。
1 b6 N: Q/ c/ [2 b1 B+ ^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.
" W. G/ ~, Q! b* Y7 g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.
$ [1 w/ E' z+ _+ [9 I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
' \: d" k- a) R0 qThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
- L5 O9 `4 C+ C" j$ t5 m我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ Y) A, c- t$ U, ^4 o9 T1 a+ p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。
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。
$ K0 o/ k: {- s8 f7 h; K% fIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 l- ?7 X( Z; q6 }" f, I总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ c+ r/ L! o! c7 r, s7 W+ A9 [0 y4 T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" V! b4 g  e4 uWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 E+ C3 h8 n; r( V; L2 M为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
+ {2 l2 F6 ^4 z/ r! n为什么我要结婚？
+ T, s9 E3 r6 Q, Z; N, m( D8 vIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! m; z/ Q6 @+ e/ P9 N) l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.
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.
% J0 |6 X  H* R7 U# E, {% D0 W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。
  ?9 s) m5 Z( l7 uWe 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。
2 B) x( C8 A. Y3 S6 {There's nothing wrong with asking why.
$ ^2 X0 q( \! {, q6 b% q/ A问为什么没什么问题。
7 Z9 A8 b1 _1 @; W0 r4 dIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% ~# }9 r. Z& I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.
0 t" Z& T9 U  [. H9 ~3 t% Y9 v谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 f; i7 j1 l% t你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
, ~8 h0 Z0 x' D+ Z# mIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 A. d4 J  ]  @% ADid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 v8 H; I% Q4 A3 k你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: F1 q9 I' l8 y; G# p$ Z9 V/ xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 k* C+ H0 x: C# |& Y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？
  @1 ?  @, D! t  }Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 k2 L: H% `5 T5 G2 G& e9 k你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
1 C" g3 x4 f# w* HWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
, [2 M! ]5 X6 l) i- P5 M* t1 z还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 `9 _+ G& y2 }: n( q+ pWhat 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？