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
2 a* u0 Z' e; a. j' nSometimes 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.
- c/ |# z  R- e) c3 ]/ j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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! |- @4 n" {! |5 MAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 J; Z7 G9 L% E- i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。
5 H* l( O$ N5 J0 |8 M, E* a9 ^: tWell, 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。
4 K- H( |. M1 F# [That's a memory problem.
% ^: [. ?  b- y( t4 t0 }1 h; n. \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?
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？
- Y3 O+ C* ^/ o1 R/ ^# yAt 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。
: N, v: K7 A( w* X0 Q8 oFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
$ N7 G+ r; h- w+ X  Z5 e) a; Y8 H对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
3 m+ q  t1 W5 ~: e, v% I% VIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ p0 C/ W2 R; ^9 P4 `* b总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
/ Y) z  b4 u8 X& E. ?% D  V  `为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" e% t- x6 N/ Y  A; ]3 T/ IWhy did I join this club?
" h' S* z' G  ]% G5 b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？
Why did I get married?
* {1 u3 e3 X' O: I$ F4 y为什么我要结婚？
* E8 y2 a% {4 [, y2 }, S! d$ SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
' `+ e) I: L$ b# v& d2 B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。
) d  m/ }' A* c/ _2 L0 ?( COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% N. {$ D( U" s) S* e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。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' z- N% F5 [' h% ^: y. v' O我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
. Q0 V1 W2 x" G/ ^8 ^There'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.
0 B$ Q8 \- q+ T& Z* Y* ]; \& c" n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：
! G* A( Y8 L$ H, g0 O, @, E; DIs 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?
8 \% G$ ~# N) A它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 B, _' u* I5 W- b5 S0 a7 E3 rDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. w! f/ Q/ R6 m0 ]! g, KHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' u  j0 f0 _5 |% b. m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 N! S; A; p8 K# I) O* X- h$ @) SDo you write memos?
) K* U8 U1 j& K& q你写备忘录吗？
6 j' E$ k7 {5 K6 x: _% ^! C7 t2 eDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 I  e6 |' B& L1 A8 a4 z* n8 `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？
) [% Y/ u2 x2 w2 F1 p8 H1 S% [2 yWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 }, g/ h/ U) A9 z4 W8 |  T你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？