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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# w8 _( G% ~) d+ R$ g8 J' ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
; i9 i( r' f# L7 }: P# n, j7 L; J, b3 gHave you ever done that?
0 S- y5 T7 h/ n) e9 I你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ \' a. M" q" K9 sI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* Z0 Z3 z) I) j6 s$ z3 K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.
# ^8 \: r! I6 w6 t3 Z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.
( L- u( e: m3 e4 k: \6 V1 @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。
4 c. R) K( i! G& N% EWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
+ I3 P7 P4 n6 a% u- h7 k% r3 |4 h. \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
6 d5 ^& C, V+ K+ `7 Q- }# M/ vThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
% K$ v- ^% k* _8 a/ X, m" B0 Z我想那很重要。
" I% @$ W9 A1 ~5 }: cBut 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？
8 C  v2 v9 o- B" tAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
, B; a* h: Y5 Q3 O( r: J8 E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.
+ X1 Q7 M5 f; x7 N对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
, m5 B5 f& T6 g1 a2 [% F) nWhy 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？
7 u1 r6 J& n7 L7 uWhy my friend was this person?
3 K! j8 @" b5 W. a' L  U2 x) g( `为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: c$ f; w0 p' jWhy did I get married?
; J1 v# p# J; c  R( J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.
) J$ j; K% \- i7 c8 t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.
$ r' m  Y( o- P我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
/ J6 g1 Z/ r( d5 UOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
& Z4 t, C4 L" ^0 a5 n8 L否则很难完成我们所开始的。
( V) ^+ v1 m* B- R5 b: Y: |We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ |; _8 S4 e0 g- f4 o3 X3 }. VWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
- b2 G- U+ f/ L2 c) n7 ~0 r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.
3 n- ^# o$ ?- i  R6 {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。
1 ^& K7 I; u7 ?, E/ [/ N; {Talk about it.
0 `  c) c6 M8 X! N谈论下面的话题：
Is 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ H4 i5 G5 R6 r" F3 O: ~+ D9 W5 C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？
% Z1 k2 t  [5 {9 d2 k! B% [( ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
2 Q  Y: a" t2 {7 K4 Z1 a) C- D4 ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
+ h! A$ c1 k; e7 w, dWhat 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？
( T* q6 U% ]9 u( A. R* d1 ]What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; d7 C" L; z) P/ O1 c% Q/ y5 {( Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？