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
) S: S8 U( ~1 `8 QSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
6 i2 E' d: Q+ z* h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
4 L5 B# x. c8 t2 u% [! J7 s! Q0 }你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ g" n, t" }3 U2 `8 v! q: o6 y( jI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
5 C, \! j, e% C( s9 k; m' X我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
7 P4 P+ F* F' F. D9 }And 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
- I- q, h5 R4 H0 I6 W  k! s哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
4 h! E4 z7 O$ ]That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
6 F6 R/ ]+ j% i% Z/ a% V9 E我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
1 Y' ^6 l7 T- f4 y. ~7 ]3 d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 f9 C7 n% G; x7 W5 qAt 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。
4 q; X% @) J9 ]0 {9 m$ DFor 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。
( r, y# I% n6 F! I( tIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" {* L4 L, _3 I) k2 k0 s7 R7 E5 V0 A总是可以问问自己为什么。
( n7 m7 U- _4 p$ I4 I5 jWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 o  v9 B; a; |5 g' |, p" \Why did I join this club?
: x1 ]( B& x7 F: c! G为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! E2 s; W- G- J2 ~2 j* b2 Y4 R; j* \Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! I* W/ C. d# q* fWhy did I get married?
: \% I6 N0 y/ ]' w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.
9 Z; U! H! D; V  J+ C5 C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.
3 b5 O' r. r# K: ~% Y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
- |& N( Y7 b6 U& ]: `Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
; q) u' t4 y3 f& ?  x# ~' u3 ~" X5 l( X否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 |# B1 I! n( Y2 b9 v  V2 vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. [1 ^" r: u) f, S- V& t" m* t5 \We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; `9 a3 Z# f% u4 v9 F) l: H我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- ^% p  H7 V* q- S+ \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.
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。
7 {' d2 X! ?1 O+ {/ y3 N. ^+ RTalk about it.
5 b7 {/ D' t, Q( d! o谈论下面的话题：
9 {* @. Z! s! R( [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？
8 \) ?& l, |& d; ^$ ~( D$ G2 nIs it a kind of distant memory?
- s1 A) J3 i% D4 L* K6 [9 d' ^. Q它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 Z7 l( b, J: r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! w+ K9 A) Y  S* V9 ]Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 y5 a- s3 }7 H. a; ~2 X* jDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& R/ M; P+ l+ w6 k9 A* k4 Q# S你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
" c1 _  Z' o8 L7 f+ v5 P4 H& KWhat 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？
0 g8 F4 R) j7 t' ~! AWhat 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？