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.
* Z1 y& s1 c3 r3 g" e$ m+ N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) b. }: p! m1 WHave you ever done that?
4 j2 b' `( J0 o+ O0 [6 Q你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 n" B& z0 M, rI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
* `. Z( [' j3 f/ h9 e' _9 Q7 PAnd 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。
! C! p( Z8 O# D8 U* ]7 {! `That's a memory problem.
0 s7 q5 T: m+ ~7 @这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
; S7 |/ e: B) e1 k0 ]  B我想那很重要。
. t. r+ [% h, j$ I! Q5 v- c8 jBut 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？
! r5 \2 }' ^6 m! Q2 E4 U, _At one point, there was a reason we do something.
) t$ U/ {3 t, l& j# `* M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.
- p! M1 C1 V  e& h) n! G+ m对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( P% q6 i+ e- B1 I. k6 |$ h& w4 UIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# m/ C& j" g0 O3 g3 ]4 E- I总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 K: A  Y7 o' e5 C9 ZWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& @" N1 P' S+ l/ W) mWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
4 W- Y- k5 g7 _# m为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& A  a0 z& e* V3 LWhy did I get married?
1 J3 l# J9 W+ k" D  o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.
6 o! c* k% J* @; d- B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。
' J* e9 o" Y* x& \( Y! v7 f/ qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
- }0 _5 K/ x  O/ D/ q# g. Q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
3 y" _; q5 K! a: E7 H: K1 {我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& b! v5 A: n4 P' a% L+ N( PWe 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.
0 ?- v2 H' s$ n% q# c6 p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。
Talk about it.
( b9 n) o; s) f( N' \谈论下面的话题：
* g9 X: G  R; s6 ?6 DIs 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？
" H* n9 a4 M+ T; G. ODid 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?
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？
# C$ H  _) P) a: `$ RDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; |3 X( u0 G) c& m你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 U, i0 c% V* R0 b还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- T: m9 \- J7 Y$ pWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ H( R- }: |  i! a8 `6 ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？