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

记住我们为什么做某事
! r1 p1 V( h8 a6 S; }; |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。
" [1 {8 p0 P& Y- P5 ^Have you ever done that?
# D0 L8 I# B+ V你曾有过这种经历吗？
) s" m* y$ V! Z! q2 eI'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.
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。
: u4 b! N0 s" o( j+ E' Y0 k" m" ]Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
! t6 ^! ^/ k4 V/ p$ h$ l6 d9 ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ m( k3 v1 q9 g8 r& X# E# Z) IThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 A, K2 O" r3 W, T; aI guess that counts too.
$ Q9 {( J/ s# j, H# Q我想那很重要。
& L; S+ K) E% q  Z* f9 nBut 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？
/ i7 k% |) g8 l0 N' l& ]/ R3 i7 ~0 `At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ @" I% L9 {9 C7 M在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' j3 i0 h# M2 h& Z$ j+ R1 k* ^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。
8 d$ p- X( J/ L1 [+ oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- c1 {" o9 y3 w4 R总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
1 c; w2 X7 X; \0 F5 v" L9 D( L7 O为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
# g. `9 G! A; I, @* N& d& T: B3 @9 W为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
2 @3 b3 E' {6 v6 ~/ Y% q0 i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
  W( R1 o# z  p: J' B1 n- a6 C- pIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 E  x1 z+ t& F! l. |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.
9 Z$ b6 \% S! I# Z$ I7 ?  M; 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.
2 ^1 k" C6 _9 Y: x否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ ]/ J# s" c# V( G8 [, a' h/ @We stop starting. We quit the club.
$ k: f  g! i& L- H2 l我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 v2 i  `: @9 g$ N$ C. O2 LWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
# ^2 A3 b& A" R* X0 v' X" m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
5 o" l/ D/ @% Z8 UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
9 v6 r1 ^+ X- y; ?0 [. a5 @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.
谈论下面的话题：
6 |: W; s1 D: f- S6 E/ o! z7 lIs 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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
# g4 x5 T& w5 @2 d: g它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 _! d" j  Z: m* C5 J# ZDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
. a8 r0 ^2 y6 m, v# l你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% [$ q4 S$ J: KHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
( v: p" H" S2 Q; A& j& `Do you write memos?
. Y* W  G. y) Y' t) p你写备忘录吗？
: h( n# @, e& |& gDoes 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？
% y8 ?: \" x, i1 n! \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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 i# F2 W* B2 l( ]/ C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？