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
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记住我们为什么做某事
5 f& P+ G  c: n" k' `6 \3 a5 [+ wSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 G0 Z& g% _* R* l0 D有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ O/ @, ^$ l" E* G2 r+ PHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ V6 j2 ?8 X( l0 _1 R) Q6 n6 CI'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。
5 Y6 S- I0 h- u: P  p* ~I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( y, m$ f7 u. b. s4 T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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
6 W- W, b. c) s哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
. D: @- s+ o) y6 mThat's a memory problem.
) i6 k& |$ G! l5 C0 o$ y这是一个记忆问题。
1 _. y& {% D: a$ Q6 j4 sI guess that counts too.
* M6 B2 N; D8 ~6 e; H+ f: r我想那很重要。
+ t4 e/ k$ A: b& ^! U8 |But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
; v$ C' {  z4 W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？
6 I' F) }# V; i3 _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。
+ L$ _5 U2 F# `, ZFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
/ \5 [# m" ]* ?对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 m, ~, O/ k$ M总是可以问问自己为什么。
( x  ~3 l/ ~4 C* S1 @% w% MWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
+ d* S0 \' `0 [0 C4 H; zWhy did I join this club?
) M5 A1 H0 `/ I& c, Y# ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
0 w/ S/ H  m2 R" z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
  t/ U% S5 c2 n! |7 n5 SWhy did I get married?
9 ?- R* B5 z/ \# g- X/ |* B7 P! y4 T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.
& n+ n% {  \4 n9 Q& u9 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
, o4 U/ n; a7 N3 o$ L我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 L$ Q% A! n) S2 r" }Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
) v2 B; ^+ C5 I  O+ B否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! `. J" }; d. fWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
% c  I0 Z, M) g我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 w1 x* {% Y8 _  _There's nothing wrong with asking why.
) J% B; |! C. K/ _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.
7 [2 `8 D+ S2 B+ x) e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。
' a$ Y, [0 E8 ]5 |- V6 NTalk about it.
0 }8 L" u0 w: i谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 b; \+ u* E' q4 i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
4 \; P4 P" f0 l$ aIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 r- g' z1 l+ U6 m7 m, }' [" e5 l它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 k- P8 L6 s6 T/ I" f  SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: r. {* l. x* j  i: M7 ?0 cHow 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?
% e+ ]( `1 S. l# {( w  V8 Y, n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?
$ E$ V  ~7 U6 L. s1 N! R还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 ]' L  C  q( D8 O5 vWhat 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？