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

6 N; H3 O- Y# I1 t记住我们为什么做某事
4 y2 c) p, a, ^) A* F& hSometimes 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。
9 ]- [+ t: W6 ~: P* Z8 @Have you ever done that?
4 `7 E/ r) n9 F你曾有过这种经历吗？
' U! y' @: n3 f9 r1 E( v; o2 JI'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。
6 ?% Q$ B3 H2 t/ q* W, v+ _I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ a+ S3 T% v* p! }" D1 Q! i& r6 Z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.
: h7 ~! e. _2 x( ~9 B- Q. n) B$ |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。
/ [6 Q% W! t  iWell, 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。
+ U7 H5 t2 O2 @" T8 [That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
: \% p. a! x3 J# B6 lI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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？
' o- Z7 H: X  jAt 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.
5 O. k" k4 w4 V% G) L4 u8 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
) b& W! p1 r* d& @+ EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) |$ Q. E7 Y4 b9 c+ \Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
. R8 }! W+ Z" v* q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! c- C* P* e* l- z! o4 Z4 tWhy my friend was this person?
. D; B/ b/ u$ f5 `% g  t+ o' v/ }为什么我的朋友是这个人？
8 d( F8 b5 L! Q& c9 ZWhy did I get married?
% I! r! ~& s9 W7 ]( a为什么我要结婚？
' u2 W! H* }5 v! R$ I1 ?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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
: Q7 b" A6 ?3 M- {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
6 l0 q1 H! M" @1 _: L1 ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
! s# \" u7 M; F8 T% @( @2 o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 l: `9 w9 ~. R3 ?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。
9 I8 n2 O5 Y1 k) [& sThere'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.
$ _/ \+ l! g; z& `0 V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。
1 ^) @# @& H! T9 }' c/ q. b% nTalk about it.
3 W; `; `+ S4 i0 M* l* y  w7 T谈论下面的话题：
4 L$ C0 F8 ~3 f: s! hIs 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？
" _$ f& i5 \; R1 u+ E1 ^; g+ K/ H' JDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
% P" R' ]* O0 k9 d% g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: F+ J- ?9 {# Y# v0 \How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' q% [* g2 |0 L" V你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 t. F% L, K( k0 p- W! }# ^! ~Do you write memos?
' a  m4 @4 m3 i# O0 ]你写备忘录吗？
, [6 M1 y" T2 sDoes 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？
: d$ u/ J- w7 N0 J; LWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
9 c3 _& |  N  v, A& w! g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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？