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

# j' k# G5 Y, p. r( w+ J9 f记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
, e$ `& G+ f7 O- Y: f' u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
  |" e$ K2 H( }" S% l. d( T1 zHave you ever done that?
5 `, R$ p7 ^& j4 k4 q你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 P+ A# c8 o5 x' C3 e/ m/ f, f, Q* FI'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。
0 b, z+ `; o3 s+ Y6 ]: lI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) K( B' W: M$ z0 s5 ^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.
# u  N; r( D2 w2 x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
+ E4 j- L$ R" Z2 c- y# HThat's a memory problem.
/ }' @! k5 M" R4 X. b这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. t) `) a* {% @( S' ?+ B1 B我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ u' `/ q4 |) l; T/ u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.
) h- u; d: @) k0 F3 |在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
  ^1 w7 _6 u/ O/ h: fFor 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。
7 s$ v, B: N" Q3 X* N1 I8 GIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
* F6 R+ ]: }7 x( Q, \0 _" l4 _% x/ S总是可以问问自己为什么。
7 H" n3 B  V2 T4 x: G4 W, N# aWhy did I start to learn a language?
: k* w% _' o, T为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
$ s4 L1 O5 u3 |为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
; n+ q  K# r8 U) m& f2 @Why did I get married?
# B; h( P1 ~0 G$ B为什么我要结婚？
& A) g) e- P7 V: }If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# [4 @5 o6 d# _* N6 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ D  _6 |& b6 E6 l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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* y( H+ [4 w: c. M+ hWe stop starting. We quit the club.
! l) j3 K. b6 B. H8 D, G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
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。
: I5 P/ |6 T$ `, aThere'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.
4 I8 Y3 F5 F, ?' S. Y* J! N$ f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。
& z0 h6 I; ^1 e6 I5 FTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
5 s$ r) _0 P+ b, E# H. K4 V% ~! BIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 G- L1 V# `% n0 o) eDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
: K* y! Y6 L" A0 S4 b你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 g% b8 U2 b9 k8 m0 X2 b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 H7 }& v% V0 h5 {! hDo you write memos?
; E, h" E; G5 X8 Q, O你写备忘录吗？
0 `: H  h& |* I; g! XDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; D9 ^* P  Q, J/ _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?
5 y6 N9 Q' F; T; O8 p还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 ^8 q, z' j# h, lWhat 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？