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
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记住我们为什么做某事
9 k4 X% A/ Z9 R' {0 n0 D: ESometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
; J' o3 b0 Q* Q; wI'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。
; c. L3 Y7 A/ ]7 q# I1 T: R9 wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 Q& A4 y" K3 k& G) Z3 k我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
7 H. @5 }0 n+ NAnd 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.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 D& E+ I3 H+ C* o5 V+ n" w# pThat's a memory problem.
) ?  l+ t" d" |& `4 ^这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 ~2 \  w/ W, ~2 P! h4 A! t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。
2 w: [! {& @$ W; d0 N6 z( ]2 r$ VFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 ~- w7 v1 L. ]* J" l. ^- Q8 K4 i对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
# @& O6 B, I; I: h4 U- B总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 v8 K, v' ^, ^+ m- J4 a( D- vWhy did I start to learn a language?
: c: \& r; M5 {0 l2 N3 T( V  \为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 Z. U0 b6 a" O) UWhy did I join this club?
9 r7 V' n' Z$ c* F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
. w2 ~  i% K. z为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
7 P* Z0 `' j, b5 @3 u4 S为什么我要结婚？
% |7 M8 g- |; S! z& @" t: zIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
5 v: |! N6 t# 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.
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.
. F% O. r: ^( s6 X( ?, S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. W! [# Y7 z# V/ ~  vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
4 K7 `! `4 L8 r6 m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
' I# U9 r  J3 F) ?. WThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 M' l! c, S' N# U2 U6 @. nIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 ]( [9 I  _: x# R2 v. X" S: A% t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。
' e2 O* _3 m) ATalk about it.
; X# w; x" W& p  P9 B$ R) @, G( C5 D- |谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; L3 q% t1 A$ T1 {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?
7 l8 A9 M* ]0 c( J' ?* C5 z它是一种遥远的记忆？
% d8 P! r7 s( p) xDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 \% |! f% E  t0 D& k; Z; U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: K/ Y" o2 G# l6 rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
4 V" N8 a! T! i. G1 i  Q你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( p! U% Q- Y0 [3 |/ ?; b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?
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?
  r& Y7 w; f% H7 r你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？