美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

2452790809

Remembering why we are doing something
$ {9 F: K3 P2 A, }* U9 {
记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
* Y$ s# ]) F  M' E8 mHave you ever done that?
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。
: k  l" U# k$ ?  S5 y5 o9 k( kI 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。
Well, 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.
" s6 Q' \- {* q. {4 D这是一个记忆问题。
9 b4 Z& }  Q; }. r$ ~I guess that counts too.
5 f) b% C- E3 M* U! V5 b我想那很重要。
$ C. Q  s$ G4 x8 UBut 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？
3 Z; [0 {" T/ O4 n0 {: zAt 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。
1 l* t; r% q3 IFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
- Y2 u* U3 z3 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' c/ b. m$ v& U6 U. i总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
3 g1 B2 i- K9 g* Q5 F为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 u% M" k* \$ h( ?Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 |' I5 u! u* m; h" b- N6 K7 aWhy my friend was this person?
& V% p6 x$ I) a9 h/ z+ @: J  n为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# E$ ^7 s" {7 X# W6 ?2 |Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
' s4 k+ ]5 _4 S% H1 xIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
6 h% f) x0 L- _9 k4 K$ Q& z  r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。
. v* }8 S; g0 a. p" g9 aI think we need indeed remind us of why.
% K# J: n, E+ ?- j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.
  S& t- N  }% s, s8 w否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ Q7 ~' m* n& n4 {We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 `% f5 _9 @7 H( r# b我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
! J2 I' `6 l2 z5 R; BWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 C6 ~7 E7 G$ B8 [% x* [3 A我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ r) `; k: ]" @. }2 J- f+ UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 w$ L+ D5 m4 f1 J. n. u问为什么没什么问题。
- L$ p# E. ?) r8 I1 @& fIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
3 u6 v5 D6 \/ a3 _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。
/ u. F$ o" O5 W/ W4 Q" sTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
6 |9 l# K+ h. N( H" R4 BIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
! a3 E3 v# D+ q1 o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？
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？
; X" `, l, \0 v8 W3 @Do you write memos?
9 q! s( `5 c! L$ U* k你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) L1 k" I' i! ?你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
5 F0 a; v: p% E: O2 tWhat 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？
: X7 a; ~0 ~- aWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 G5 s0 T7 R7 \9 `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？