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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% I- _6 G# f5 ^9 |6 F- `有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ c$ b" E* S8 R9 J) x" PHave you ever done that?
2 @$ \) {0 X, n. G你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 a9 q# }% g5 E, EI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
) U: K6 I7 q  k5 q7 G我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" u0 G; T1 q8 s; A( \I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
/ F0 B) ~) H3 P我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
- v/ z# s6 R- v/ cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
! l0 L. x5 u/ w3 q/ T: o6 A) U& g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。
. C9 W' C  b* AWell, 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.
1 _- M" I. z" `) Q这是一个记忆问题。
# o) U/ x+ O, M, AI guess that counts too.
7 B! l5 V- Y+ w& y6 _我想那很重要。
But 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.
+ K' v/ ?3 ]$ A, y- H$ ?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。
7 y9 [- E' B% V2 ]It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
: ]' N6 R. }" p- D4 _" X/ v/ F( o7 qWhy did I start to learn a language?
1 W% C5 e9 \& d# q8 y2 y! s$ Q为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 v3 ~6 e! d% P4 s; aWhy did I join this club?
1 Z( T! v' O; ~% ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
7 ?1 I& q: F7 l3 o# Q, o9 U为什么我的朋友是这个人？
: O3 s8 n, w, l+ xWhy did I get married?
3 W3 K5 C' F. z4 \. b6 r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。
; K4 @+ U6 M+ ^; }I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( y/ L7 ?- u! y8 ]2 ~9 P" r+ tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ \: Q3 U' f2 N: Q+ G9 v$ n, jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
0 j- j( ~- h& H" b- ]我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: j. Z) \. i. E" f' F" J9 @There's nothing wrong with asking why.
& o# m# l5 ?( C$ W问为什么没什么问题。
# ~5 u5 Y4 ]6 v5 cIn 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。
% U0 @- |1 b6 u% CTalk about it.
7 ?. l0 V1 F8 q5 G# O谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
4 X- ^- j0 g0 A. e# T* @你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 e# @! m9 Z! U+ u) `6 C4 IIs it a kind of distant memory?
- w; g$ y! z# p它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
& }5 Y$ S' d: `/ ~  I你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
, [; |3 F# e1 ?' s; YHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
- b' n/ Y7 E2 Q: nDoes 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?
+ y2 N, e, q8 _) t6 t( a还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
) D, T$ c8 p+ F9 a; b5 HWhat 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？