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
+ G3 d% X# k1 |' I0 [: YSometimes 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。
  T4 K" J3 Z+ K) {  s' N5 `2 pHave you ever done that?
( i$ q6 S# {# M) U5 Y. D你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 D/ O" X* v' O3 I9 s我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
9 t  {0 L6 y% W( z- M% x* FI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: B  n. D! S2 ]$ Z$ \) E我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
/ k' W, ^; c, CAnd 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。
- `/ ~! y# _8 A6 \% LWell, 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。
9 O# B( |. n1 M4 N5 j5 C) S7 \That's a memory problem.
$ r! n5 o& |" C# D# C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?
, j$ ~; O$ c$ T3 Q. C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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' ~) U+ D( ~. C5 ^( {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。
( |# X4 {' K+ Q# _/ oWhy did I start to learn a language?
7 Y4 o( k, }5 G; I. N为什么我开始学习一种语言？
9 A6 P7 B. S3 y+ G0 k* J6 E) ^Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
. f) r0 D0 h9 g2 m0 DWhy my friend was this person?
, i6 j3 C- _5 \" B  F9 ?! t$ L1 q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% `' ?  c3 g6 h$ `; S6 q1 B为什么我要结婚？
: T6 q* Z5 x+ ?* aIf 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。
  N& D. \/ u' z+ }9 h4 W9 |$ dI 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.
( `5 K  C/ k" |# }8 G( G: ]否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
! j8 m- R5 U; Z6 _: l1 n3 d. b我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' o7 |6 t3 y4 u9 a. r/ VWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. l  Q. ?( M& [, T& C我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ s+ y5 o( D  G) [1 c9 |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.
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 B5 r5 [' _" g; L2 L( g! i1 D谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
( T6 l* x+ O+ g( N( E9 e! m5 MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 \* [: ?- t2 [, S" Q: s你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
' z. {9 P( C8 \: B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
$ W$ s, }: b8 f2 k- s3 ]( v7 ZDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ V7 K7 m, h% N  H4 l; J" {1 KDoes 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？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 f: m! I9 \* B3 e4 o还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 r/ [$ Z( F5 H9 G+ e* EWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; P" r! v( ^# f$ m你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？