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
0 l" k4 b& W, Z5 _* v$ m$ f5 `Sometimes 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?
) q$ _8 f9 P4 b) _+ f你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 p2 H! e$ t. ]" \1 h4 ^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.
" l+ m  T  c3 c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.
- i  H& j$ `! j哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 ^. K% [* I5 o! \这是一个记忆问题。
& B  @% l5 Y9 F! g3 h# ?& ^$ TI guess that counts too.
' {% V; w8 l% j# ?. v4 G: p我想那很重要。
9 t4 d5 ~  i$ A5 HBut 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
/ f1 N" c) s* q  z6 _( o在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' o( \# _) M3 P/ L+ ]) I$ W  n! FFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 H( D( s, A* t9 _总是可以问问自己为什么。
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?
% X. ~: H4 U1 d, ^& o, R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？
4 n5 O* X7 s5 l( x# O5 |' z1 wWhy did I get married?
- o; L8 o8 u1 d4 O8 K4 e' ^7 t  D2 U4 w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。
/ h5 J2 p0 @6 NI 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.
0 {* z' S$ L! ]& r# T' J  v& q4 |否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
* g- T" F; O" u8 k- Y我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) [; T) {0 Y0 \" U# JWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& {$ g) [% K* o+ {) r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。
! b! f9 k% P6 n) q) }* T* QIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: c# S& m# S" z: m6 s  h9 B  n  y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。
% h9 Z5 d9 B3 `Talk about it.
! Z  D, ^9 C" H1 p; I! f谈论下面的话题：
, e- i! r1 F& D/ pIs 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？
: _! J# D2 Y3 H+ F0 gDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
! Z( i. M; n; r( j* y5 S8 @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
* d2 q/ v/ v0 b# x# b, WHow 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?
( C% F8 S5 B! O5 t; a你写备忘录吗？
6 O# m  t4 t7 Y- HDoes 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？
0 u: z$ w7 A+ h  O! H, i& @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？
9 y* l9 h. p: Z* N( iWhat 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？