美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

2452790809

Remembering why we are doing something

! K4 t  K' H. }0 C* K! N2 w5 |6 E. ?记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, ]2 b3 E! U3 L# V; q6 u" h有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
6 o& @) u& u( D7 ]# {5 Q( F  X2 j2 tHave you ever done that?
7 L" K5 `+ d0 D8 o0 f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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
& S: E3 x, |, \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.
4 J5 y) J- c( O" |0 D1 w: Q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。
  B+ R" K0 C" HWell, 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.
9 @, K( S$ T) S6 T这是一个记忆问题。
' K2 r0 n; Y8 J2 GI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
" V: E' s! W3 rBut 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？
, _9 Q' `* `8 H' @. jAt 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。
% k. ]1 R; O- m- ^$ D6 A3 T; _For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' ~$ k7 S) b8 \5 q. x$ G# H2 E对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
) p, K; ~, X2 Y总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
8 Q0 m) Y( l1 W: m) O# f为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
: }9 k6 ^: b( s2 d! Z3 D为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
& ^7 M$ e$ v  C5 Z# Y# S4 ]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.
2 c8 D+ S5 [. R, q0 c; ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: @- x. A" g; X; jOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- ^3 n! g) R; n. j6 ^) f) \0 z否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ F, R7 M1 K; w- N) }- ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' ]7 r. \! B7 B/ E2 c% v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.
: A9 y2 Q0 v9 s, F问为什么没什么问题。
9 A- s0 A: A  Q. l6 wIn 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。
" {0 [) u/ \4 u# e8 `' R+ Y3 JTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  |6 G$ n, T# F2 P8 P$ ?& W你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
$ T* I% g3 v( }8 Z5 }Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  j# \8 a" {8 P! b7 fDid 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?
' F. N: F  n% h! C0 M. g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?
6 w" c) D' Q5 M" Y6 D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 y" W" ]  H! g3 K! SWhat 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？
7 x7 X+ c: c$ qWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; P+ D: ?" _; S3 _- }7 k+ t你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？