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
$ ~* k0 z. N  X1 K# cSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
* I' P& p5 o1 V有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
1 X2 A1 N+ s0 x8 K6 G5 s: wHave 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.
& x2 n" f+ L5 e) ?, F我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I 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。
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。
2 l5 S/ y- b! jWell, 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。
) y. m$ T* z, u7 ?1 }That's a memory problem.
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?
% ^6 f+ ?/ X- k8 \+ l% r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？
" Z4 c  C" l; k0 A0 ?6 ?At one point, there was a reason we do something.
* l5 K/ [; m8 M. W3 Z7 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
' E# x" d: _' O- c2 D9 M( J/ S$ HIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
" T; V; O/ i, {& w" k) D' A" a6 s) ^总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ b, v' z8 k0 |+ fWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; }- Q2 D0 W$ lWhy did I join this club?
: f; v" `/ f7 W* P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？
+ E8 J+ T5 T3 p8 q9 Q+ S! ZWhy did I get married?
" N5 d+ A5 b& V3 S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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
' `) q& R$ O6 k/ h: b9 R4 z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.
/ ?" u& Z" w1 M& N0 j: Y# T( ~( |- J否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
- P1 O# T$ |5 k4 B* A/ \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 t& I* T* J+ R5 H! K# B" o. A7 `我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There'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.
" v/ v% T( |& E% l# q9 m$ [1 [" s5 p: |" D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.
1 W9 E1 I& ]4 C6 @* V* d谈论下面的话题：
/ C5 S8 \5 N7 {+ `0 L0 F' g: eIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 s9 ^! w$ j2 h4 p! _& @- G/ }! ?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?
2 R: I0 N* W4 L7 O; {0 Z- N它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ r5 `8 X% a# N; ^Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! W' M+ f) c; ~! [8 j  H你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- S, U8 t8 `& v* g* W; NHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
, o& z+ O$ J" |9 K1 f你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 Q& G3 U" T+ e& ]# f. NDo you write memos?
9 a/ V: Z  A1 o0 N: F你写备忘录吗？
, j( D( d. u3 v* X! ODoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" L; M" ^6 D& T1 d你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
$ m: s3 ~8 Y2 N6 s2 q) g1 }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？
0 L3 C0 z7 f0 C3 A  MWhat 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？