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

/ k3 x# f% [( O! G" F记住我们为什么做某事
2 d1 n+ Q- x+ RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, S  \$ k  A% i' p; b; H有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
3 K3 n4 _3 X6 c# @& @5 P* d" i/ U1 mI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 Y1 g# y$ k) a# q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.
% ?3 t. _9 U7 D2 y, F/ ~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。
2 G$ r$ L7 B* `( YWell, 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.
- S' N( \$ T5 s# J! x* y5 h2 e6 z这是一个记忆问题。
( W. j5 }. K4 }+ f# o) WI guess that counts too.
8 d/ p3 z1 M. V  f5 V9 d: y0 f  j我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, W  n6 R6 ?, d6 Y$ f2 x4 u/ 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.
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.
" Y7 a6 ], Z; d8 M4 J% J对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ n( |" s6 F8 U8 ^5 jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: n0 Y- N# s4 e  k# [5 ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
1 [7 h+ q! f" N; X+ c% N  z. {Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
5 K5 w$ a9 J4 s0 L为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
* V+ }" l9 n) e0 K" M) kWhy my friend was this person?
$ Y/ p2 N' N6 a- R! t' L" `) p为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( d- S4 A0 m( p  zWhy did I get married?
0 x- `  @% r; _8 k  g& @7 X为什么我要结婚？
4 c: ?9 r1 M1 b9 P# K; x+ W1 uIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
1 l( M- \3 A; n5 C4 X  N+ Y# l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。
* K% M/ U' q: u$ @) YI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
0 R# i4 h" Z- ]3 L; _3 ?We stop starting. We quit the club.
! M1 m5 i; _6 r' ^, p  }我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
; Y! C0 ~# y9 R: o; Z* Y2 A- q9 d( K1 RWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; M1 S" m0 P' |' [我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 r$ N8 N7 L( }5 G: T! lThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
' V, E. f9 p/ j& m9 f. x$ H6 ]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。
" G/ V7 U: v3 u* j0 [1 aTalk about it.
2 O3 g* r8 Y! [/ W8 _+ S3 s谈论下面的话题：
* Q6 o/ D! ~' V9 n6 m" @# t9 ]Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, r0 _* q6 C2 {, u- h+ Z* r- Y& p你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
# b3 c; V+ a# \8 n$ nIs it a kind of distant memory?
4 G8 G' m) L3 M! m0 D5 p) z它是一种遥远的记忆？
( N. W' g" o, ?0 l5 ~) E& ?3 VDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- G- u2 n8 V- j3 B$ }你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" Y# ~. K4 m- W- S% X+ s你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
% F: y% q; O' n% P$ B你写备忘录吗？
6 k: m4 r1 A: j# M- O3 ADoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
8 L+ a# F4 h  s6 n你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
% R' E+ P' S2 U, cWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! a8 {9 @9 [- b( b还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; a3 M7 K1 J* G  a你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？