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

  w% o+ D! ]% e1 h6 |6 t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。
7 k7 i' V; C# XHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 F( S6 Y0 m9 P. m& q& q5 @I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 h! r( _3 B  p' V! X) i5 t0 N  X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。
/ G6 K% v& }& i$ w7 oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( C7 |; v. I6 P/ W( b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。
6 b9 p  w7 N9 U& ~9 e. m) h/ {Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 K: r$ u% @0 J6 R7 I# [% \- V2 t哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
# O- r/ O5 i2 w" _6 KThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
% Z! D/ Y# X6 w# fI guess that counts too.
% \  E2 R; s% n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？
0 r6 Y  n' {0 H& C$ wAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! z' Z% _* o. O1 s9 v/ x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.
1 r$ t. D+ H1 T对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
2 R6 u3 n$ b! m0 ?, F7 C- d* R$ [It's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 n+ c* r6 x3 t; B% X总是可以问问自己为什么。
) \, {; w5 k/ P. p' XWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% X8 t0 U) W  \! j; S( L3 ~. NWhy my friend was this person?
" z+ q: ]: k+ `8 X  ~% N为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ c, m& U$ f) @: @Why did I get married?
& H) V$ q* \- n* G为什么我要结婚？
# \1 {% P2 P4 y" e3 h. W& D+ VIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 Y+ _# N; B9 F! h- k4 O- P6 W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.
+ a% z3 n9 v5 }7 i! k7 ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 v5 P$ V9 \& R  v4 {5 C; ZOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' u! d& {; V' R- E# X7 i" qWe 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.
6 x; {% G( v$ m3 ^( _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.
问为什么没什么问题。
# c1 Z) F1 b0 P: M" e* @6 y2 X, XIn 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：
8 t: T; C% l9 T) |; |8 PIs 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？
. M. f5 [! [& T( z. OIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
% z% S% f1 e6 w: k  EDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 o. O" n) z7 V. j1 e- _你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' E8 @. S! R* _3 P! z你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
6 ?1 l0 \: u9 U你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ k9 G6 {0 w4 D: i% p3 L5 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？
. J$ v8 e2 i! L8 qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 h: s' k* L0 Z2 `还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 v5 t( z$ B2 O+ R8 u7 D( i- DWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, F% W+ `, L4 m0 r' ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？