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
+ I3 w  W0 W' U( W/ X! M2 W6 xSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 o9 M2 m( Y* t9 T6 ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 V  k7 c2 B2 D, Q2 ^" `1 pHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
& @! q. J1 ]. l. G/ [I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
4 g& u' Q, n, T* {& \- t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。
- O4 p3 c$ @8 C9 L$ GAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- w8 Y5 Y4 l$ z0 n3 T  [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。
* s+ ?' I, {6 N; n. D/ J3 v9 \% b  gWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. t+ B$ y5 N4 ?4 n4 \哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
' f4 V. P% A) I9 S这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
8 b/ r& w; R  O7 D+ S: R1 v) V. @我想那很重要。
8 l- ]0 E) u' lBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
6 N: _! t/ V% c- ]/ r4 l& v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？
& w7 o% H0 F* R% m6 z9 O  R% oAt 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.
% {- o2 L1 A" C对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
9 _" _7 v! X# r  eIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* Z5 i: J! F. S! N- f$ j总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
4 j) |* K5 h, c9 \5 Z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？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
5 @; y: `, c8 m& E) |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.
- \" ?7 _$ I0 P( w1 ?1 X+ Y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。
& {* R7 L8 ?" I3 y' W4 T* ?- Y: nI think we need indeed remind us of why.
9 A- Q) u- q# z) {& z, y" ~我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
# T! o4 B9 W' E0 G" HOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
5 M! l1 q, o- l否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. l7 Y/ v' f: F+ X& CWe stop starting. We quit the club.
( g8 o, L7 T( p. w7 j: Q0 D. V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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.
2 \1 T  L4 v- i( s3 x4 a# h) 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.
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。
8 D' ]9 Y/ @! p" O& aTalk about it.
8 d" v; a. L  z9 G2 S2 Q" W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？
* `" T$ n2 S; H2 K$ zIs it a kind of distant memory?
* l5 V! D! t# b0 X( X6 D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……
' q1 H% V9 M. G8 {, _- JHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
- Y6 r; {- }6 V4 @/ u$ d- H+ \Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* f# i  K7 M# G8 h$ C; {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' e- y3 R( m) h0 b3 n  I# w1 xWhat 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？
5 I( K% e! x0 h9 E. `$ WWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 X6 y/ J. X6 {你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？