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
; [2 _- p0 }' Q: P+ }+ FSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
" H, r7 ~  ^9 E" r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。
$ A/ _. h/ I3 v& I5 T7 E, [$ uI 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。
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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. }$ N, U$ a: {4 x: C3 r, HThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
2 R% Y7 O3 x. f+ {4 U# R: II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  |0 Z" y' f- n" @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.
0 s: N: A+ \' `  I; R1 L& m在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
# Q  u( \3 t6 b; ^  uFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
; S* ~# ^8 g, i  d9 @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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
1 k+ `" [* ]5 r5 e4 a3 l- N% o为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 I) [6 i  f2 ]% Y  xWhy did I join this club?
- ]. i4 |% w( L% t+ q! n6 L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?
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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
$ h7 u, U( \6 V我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
) u, C: u" G- {5 N6 `  t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. O8 a  V& H" c我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' W! ?4 v* `8 k: @9 jThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
6 W. q* M8 g: F( S. j% \/ HIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- Z" k2 B3 m1 L1 T+ M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。
) z- q* }5 @  D1 mTalk about it.
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……
- e' C; g# l! ], M4 D  U; G( uHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" _- r+ U' [4 A  I6 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？
, `7 m, r4 C$ l& B- GWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
$ b, U& Z- g+ b- K4 j还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 x/ [  @; w  QWhat 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？