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

/ T9 r. s# @, s- \! F0 _( g记住我们为什么做某事
2 l% U! Z' w3 |8 rSometimes 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。
7 w* K7 c5 p+ l4 s* d# F" IHave 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.
, E! U7 k) R* Q3 w2 R我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 ~) f/ N. k8 qI 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。
, M5 g* n7 _" N; j7 PAnd 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。
/ Z9 W4 h5 e* C% P" LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
) c/ Y* Z' d2 J% p. }- N: y. r哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 p3 |; _5 X+ ]9 C' {, {' wThat's a memory problem.
4 N$ z' x* ]  t1 r( Y" w" O9 U这是一个记忆问题。
; c2 x; {8 X/ d* R1 i' M) bI guess that counts too.
5 Y6 z) V7 A, M. e我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, d/ j7 o; ~9 G& S  Z, p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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
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 }! m' g! @: v9 Y6 rIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) ]4 P! P: Z4 ~( v( eWhy did I start to learn a language?
" J- y4 _/ Y9 P* E/ b) {$ Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
4 m8 u1 w. j7 f( c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
* ]6 ?. _$ D5 f; M1 B- q( u为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# N) {2 c! n- e+ C' oWhy did I get married?
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.
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。
* z4 b# S2 r  r, }* P( ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
# o  O- q) H) k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.
' G: r' v3 J+ X0 h- F5 k否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" e& s0 ]2 _9 mWe stop starting. We quit the club.
9 H: m3 a9 U! y! h* d. Y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 X9 o& ~: v% ~2 h/ L: Q7 c( W* @我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
6 I& M; F: z: N! E0 fThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
, ]) ?! t" o1 A; s, N! V问为什么没什么问题。
  i) R' P4 D/ e' I6 m9 pIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& Z$ [/ L* K+ O$ a9 O( I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.
) G& X5 H- C( r0 N" r5 {% a, X3 y谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
+ a$ \. W, k) ^2 q) f# _2 nIs it a kind of distant memory?
  C) s6 \4 F$ E: }) C& B它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ S, B% g; b' u' [$ DDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# ^0 [' c1 K1 `  l& @( c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
) a: ]& I% x" N. \) m8 e你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
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？
; q+ \* }6 ~7 v) _9 A, zWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) ?/ w  ~( ~5 ?) s  H5 W7 N还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
( z- [) A% _! X, RWhat 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？