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
# y4 X2 f  \; ]- z, lSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 K/ a9 K  R& Q. C. I8 |& J有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 E0 y' Z- c& J- K# Z+ ]Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ i/ e, ?4 T, u# h: f: ~I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. l  v2 I9 _4 i" |1 {$ u我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
6 c" s- j  r6 \  j2 H2 l" U1 @/ wI 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。
/ p: Z0 O" n8 Z" a0 F) z! kAnd 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.
7 Z7 D: I+ [- o' u6 G: l6 @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
6 C9 k, s: O% s5 h# R9 CThat's a memory problem.
8 h3 o3 r8 K0 n$ S0 t6 I这是一个记忆问题。
8 f+ d: h4 {7 P1 rI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
. U/ I  B% Z) @( oBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
  F0 S; C- r1 ^; v$ l  ?3 F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.
, j* _: _8 S6 H: ]9 p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.
2 ]2 T$ J2 Y7 P" U4 }! J9 [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。
0 m: I. h* s/ {" BWhy did I start to learn a language?
0 U& P3 d/ u/ N4 g" L1 [2 \  q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
* R! T; z& N9 @% p  ~5 n& n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？
Why did I get married?
1 a2 t# p0 P) y) ]( O- r- k9 B6 F为什么我要结婚？
$ M4 {# v6 k6 N4 p! u' WIf 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。
/ @& r: c4 M+ l9 G1 k- qI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; D2 P: W, \- W: _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.
+ Z" k4 f" q# e, m否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 q4 l4 F9 h2 |  {+ D, k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。
/ T7 p6 M' J: ~3 {7 K6 CThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
- k( Q6 `  F$ yIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
3 N( @2 W7 E/ L8 x  C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.
, ]5 ]# {5 h" I1 g  p3 M谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: x7 }3 D% z  {你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
, ?3 x* U/ S) n: xIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
# x/ p7 E+ v0 s2 aDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
0 @1 m* s3 u0 U  q: E1 Q9 f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 X. f! }0 |9 y) `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. M+ ?! T7 n3 f% K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  ~( C4 [) g9 l7 w% gDo you write memos?
; {' {# Z0 c; |3 i! L你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 R! E" [) o& ?$ x你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
: ~6 c7 A. Q$ N  ]: L( {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？
. Z# Q0 U2 f# |# \4 R* w1 P: @6 SWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
( D5 o6 ?0 @% K& _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？