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
$ d8 {4 Y  n! I4 u' _# f- ?0 h7 vSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
9 z$ S: D$ K' {; b( h( p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ i8 }' @$ T& }* b: A2 DHave 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.
. k: l2 U3 d" A我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 k3 K* w; T9 b; w4 l4 WI 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。
. D/ A, D7 n. v# \! eAnd 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。
: J3 P4 t$ O/ U) {" S" s0 oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
1 F, f: {$ J, s, d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。
/ P  |* `4 N7 A2 l  E4 U. d% mI guess that counts too.
) G) k* k" L6 R" y9 }' i我想那很重要。
* E5 C9 A! u4 I, N8 {  i0 QBut 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？
+ m1 d- n* P' fAt 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.
+ x$ M- x! L7 ?# W9 M& P对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
/ f; D2 Q  T( @- P总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
0 e! B  p# M, Y& p9 j* F为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% q) N7 q1 S: O( rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- ~5 q& N! `* d7 P. }* ^: O# d! gWhy my friend was this person?
, k. L+ X( J" D# H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ t' W9 l; n4 B7 ^/ gWhy did I get married?
* x; n4 w$ a% c/ p) s2 \( o为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
# j2 E' T3 T, g5 \/ G, f" F1 _; ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 w8 n: |& _3 E8 N. z( ~. j! h& NOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
" u& u+ t/ b7 K# @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
1 B# m! u' i/ R4 |! P2 b我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 b& z1 C* i7 T" qWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
2 S: ~; J2 B* m8 _  J  M) S$ X+ i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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: T' o6 I8 J3 X" ?, O* |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：
. I0 }' ?4 Y2 c+ t6 k6 rIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 u0 g# R/ C6 H4 u" M# H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？
7 j4 y9 R2 k  u/ f' R* dDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ `* w+ w: [: @* g8 H( x你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 _3 K" o9 F# ^/ r你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
: s( R- H/ u! R5 TDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 v, J7 Y* T6 P+ G你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
( n9 U5 I3 B2 VWhat 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？
9 a/ c+ W* w4 ?, F7 x, H# {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？