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
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记住我们为什么做某事
* z/ f3 s: h- JSometimes 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。
8 Y+ C; v6 ?+ P, Q) nHave you ever done that?
& H3 p1 h5 M1 I/ a& p" Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 }/ q0 I* I( q# m  D; uI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; o" X6 h$ k4 r" k" j  N3 ~* N我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: @' A1 l+ I9 ]$ {+ {2 ~4 _I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
' A' ?; F; N! W6 n. {; u我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 S# _( D8 i% F- X- o5 e! I$ oAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
. [# E, I2 I3 ^+ i! Q1 i& w- F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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
7 {, h7 o) f0 i这是一个记忆问题。
# Q* K/ K: g. j& [; n( G: E, wI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
  K6 P. o$ W' A* jBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ c8 g- ^# v3 _' X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.
8 e' _! ]2 k1 y/ C; z+ {" j4 X在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
) y4 ^" o2 U; m, i* s4 i0 B% T& [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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
+ E% M. @. ~  Y3 _1 E5 s总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ B* q! h( `# v" f$ A/ |Why did I start to learn a language?
3 B0 a9 a( z% @: F: u& }为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 G7 \& c: ~3 W' U  o2 LWhy did I join this club?
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 m2 F. c, Z' c5 H: Z/ F% ?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。
9 v6 e- e- S" ^I think we need indeed remind us of why.
; t" B# _0 @0 m  k" {; X* j2 a我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% r* {5 Z" I% c( k* OOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% C; O( m; A; s: B, `- L否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
( X5 ^- d! a# V  ]+ }0 _9 \. a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
3 Q3 R5 Q# y4 a5 ?6 I2 t$ o我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
& [! Y8 o- C) c% F8 ^5 aThere'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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. G4 R0 Y5 q  u. a6 }0 I1 m- \# P5 X- hIs 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？
& a/ u$ J6 }) F, k/ n- i/ l5 tIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# d- m. ~% l% {4 g. i  Y你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  J+ K& Y3 g' v+ DHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 A* c. T8 g; c. S# c) }3 [你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
3 E5 E1 o7 T" j2 g. Y你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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?
3 p8 a9 z5 [6 i. n还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
/ _$ b: d- ~' {' P& `- U7 }2 e% d. eWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
7 ^: p/ Q. B' z9 q9 ?你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？