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

0 W+ s* _- W1 P  S记住我们为什么做某事
6 l: F$ I7 d3 D1 N; `6 VSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 R6 X! L( K" u: z0 g% g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？
' H; h, u' X; o' c5 iI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! ~6 f  E4 L& v3 s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。
7 u. _$ }; |0 \. W7 l6 pAnd 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
4 e# f; b% |) |I guess that counts too.
- b2 y/ T$ i( w+ Z我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ c* `) k5 C+ ^' X/ F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。
4 U: [9 D* M, n% @3 n7 zFor 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。
" E5 s0 v9 V# V  h, ^: K! r9 F) EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 W: Z$ T* L. O" k- `, ], g总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ p+ H3 E8 J# O9 P- h& y! @Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) I  h* `4 y0 K4 J. v! `Why did I join this club?
( b8 t5 _& N0 S: i$ t$ h为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
; N' h+ l/ n; I$ A为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
, j1 Y3 R6 Y4 S& F5 @, c" Y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。
4 |4 ?+ r: E5 oI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- U+ f& i. e  AWe stop starting. We quit the club.
) V4 c1 B! ~; {" d6 c% v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
3 I. I# p0 ^) _7 N+ uWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
/ d" y2 ^/ K. R2 H2 h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 C0 R: b8 n# Z& _$ `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.
0 s" ~! Z8 }$ A' k( m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。
5 _7 T- j9 a; K  {" {6 u5 ATalk about it.
! H  J7 d% @: `" _  Y6 k谈论下面的话题：
9 R: Q0 H) p2 M5 p" Y) AIs 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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
! T8 r- l; g2 _7 oHow 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?
7 x! y0 \% D+ D2 ~$ ?, a你写备忘录吗？
! i7 v# r$ M$ K/ a5 T7 C0 eDoes 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？
. s3 a6 p; a+ E( F% qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
3 X7 Y, {/ O1 t+ w* k$ S0 K2 P还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
/ o% E$ n4 r. C6 }, `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？