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

1 h/ X* ~% Y: f, S( X/ W0 L记住我们为什么做某事
  {# n3 F9 Y1 @# Q! ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. r1 n4 D/ V/ Q9 j7 {% D有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
% T2 o% G8 w, `1 h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。
' i6 m& c6 ~. K$ l0 aI 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。
" g: e9 O  Y2 [; rWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
7 C2 Y# n5 \: [2 h& v! N/ o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
, o, r" l2 Z% Y% Y- B5 PThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
! t2 ?2 x) }# D- x9 I9 ?I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
% {4 I1 n- c' G9 ^But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: x* Q% E3 B* ~1 R& t4 o! i0 h& W# l8 r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.
" Y8 ~# }: K0 w$ ?0 O$ w4 [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# |( W9 c8 l0 P- \! w4 e9 m6 mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
( d% p3 u; E+ s7 z1 A总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ t3 q% }* L% V4 YWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
' R6 [1 v- S: K$ A. sWhy 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？
3 Y' I1 u! ]8 e( W# Q8 n: OIf 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.
6 Q; G: r' Q1 w& T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 ?& Q$ h% l0 Q- R- ?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.
6 Q- n! Y6 p. N3 E我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 R) |  M6 T; M) Y8 r5 u* jWe 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.
问为什么没什么问题。
, s- y/ e$ z  P9 g+ {+ b# X" bIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 b' p+ r$ c! O8 I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。
4 P7 L! x6 b& @" B1 c2 s/ gTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
6 L7 O/ R$ ~/ ?- B+ d$ IIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" d, K; Q* M( X) S# b8 L3 C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？
, B0 S7 N5 w$ ~3 L* CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
! Y6 @; z8 ~. E4 B( }+ C# z  e, c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？
0 h8 u  j/ }' E5 i7 R8 M. y1 H$ hDo you write memos?
3 A1 M4 w) q7 v% E你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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?
% n% k: l) |; q5 D' T; G" p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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？