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

9 v. `6 w2 [+ r9 O$ f: D7 t: J记住我们为什么做某事
6 E' d4 K! W% H  o' r  o4 pSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
2 S3 r2 [* O# _0 B3 N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
) u6 C# Q5 _& p! g6 N$ Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 [7 x7 W8 K# ~& y0 t- Y, u" XI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
% Y3 F' U! z2 U9 B0 B; x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
2 ?. b* D/ W: P5 ZI 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。
( O' K* V7 ^8 r8 gAnd 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.
/ u, u3 O  x' }, u哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 R* q5 H# |( U! V& c7 p6 A9 qThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
( R  I+ o  z0 M+ K. A, \" n, qI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
% p, ^; C" u. Y; d* V7 KBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 a0 p' D1 f: e* q6 R在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, Z* a+ a7 R3 u7 I* t0 B0 `For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 z* g1 X% h$ c! o6 NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
5 g- }  Q7 o5 o6 @* ]/ N总是可以问问自己为什么。
% O5 R" }' O' H& f8 MWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 H5 L+ _. N1 I" IWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ d( x- M" l* |/ U+ V' YWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
) n% z% u$ a* a# V6 t( d2 d0 r为什么我要结婚？
( J/ r( F" N- R/ l2 }( I* BIf 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。
& h& S+ R3 _  U& i# V% |4 wI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' d6 R+ n1 ~; h, q( C我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 _0 P* l1 D) k+ ~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.
8 m) X7 N0 O$ C, Q4 _7 ]+ f我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 Q& |0 B+ Q- M! ]We 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。
# G7 ?% \! Z+ h8 oThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
, C2 B4 V; O) p% d) n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.
. k1 v5 ]+ W8 C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。
! ^5 T, H/ ^5 P" _1 i5 `Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 ?( x' l( ^! E: ]1 g5 {9 k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？
: E, N2 k( `' `, ?, KDid 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？
! E7 m4 K( s5 O$ jDoes 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？
+ ]6 s! o" @2 K9 s# bWhat 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？
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？