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

, N% Q7 a7 N7 s: Z记住我们为什么做某事
! V. |0 T2 F: j" |Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ d+ r/ L! H; @8 J0 Z: P( D有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
0 w1 ~3 G* c- {$ R你曾有过这种经历吗？
& P; @9 v- w4 I, lI'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.
  `$ B- b; @0 s, K  C我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
) D* u" ~; S  ?. b+ C5 P. `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。
. k4 ?: g: h5 n* vWell, 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。
0 Y  ~+ B/ e9 _% {8 Q) j) k- Z- V$ z2 JThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
1 ?# |; h- S' k* D9 UI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
) Y4 c) Z8 M9 l4 dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ @! j( a( D" M( j, ]! {在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
$ L5 K1 G' W: W9 M* W5 XFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 W' o1 U+ {/ E/ D# `% @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 e- P" k& A  v! e) o# T6 S6 U% LWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# H/ D# x$ `% Z2 Z+ d' W0 `8 }. p) qWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 U- i) g! q) h9 A. ]) }7 u. sWhy my friend was this person?
- E5 F9 ~5 u% W; {* u为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ G, D% s8 [: gWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
. S! l6 Q$ e9 o# b- pIf 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.
# t  K  ~3 b: r3 X  P+ ]. u, u5 D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.
5 G! Z3 j) e/ k  f7 C  i否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* G5 O- d; m9 e) g, v0 b# ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
- Y* |/ B) [2 O; |6 U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& H! Q# _2 E8 t; ^! b5 IWe 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。
) K; T7 N; Y' H$ T6 hIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 N% l4 a- @* A% ^" l- G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.
9 K( r( A/ S/ _" s- x谈论下面的话题：
0 X3 `/ k8 v7 q( v: z! s  Y1 D5 D; KIs 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？
' T$ U* `- y  z2 TIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did 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？
: Z; I5 r9 ]+ f% I, \Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) ?0 w1 P: n% G% l* ]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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
% \1 c) g0 G8 ]2 MWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
, K0 X0 L; S1 j2 q7 O+ M你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？