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
2 J. \* I3 I7 X1 PSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  y7 U$ ]1 g! L8 ]3 [有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) c0 B2 I8 [3 ~) H6 N# |2 VHave you ever done that?
  m2 D# o1 s, g1 C你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 Q  V# H# c/ J. W9 o: \我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
! n0 V# E+ V" z6 jI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( ]$ Z3 b) r& A我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 Y$ O; b8 B6 N2 T5 AAnd 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.
2 v+ d1 n: I" x8 s6 f- ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
' f% q2 c1 i2 G# M( E这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
0 E7 _$ h! I4 F5 r4 A- v: T: m我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ F. {0 b+ k; R. B: Y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.
! d& D) c) m$ `/ d! q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.
# N8 w: L# }! g& [" Y5 Y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
5 p- A/ p) H- U# ZIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
% v# z" A" v: h# O6 \% N4 ?- L* \+ F总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
" Q; p! S1 I. N  X. k为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 {" S  |1 }  ^* j* WWhy did I join this club?
8 @  ]$ N9 a( m3 |+ H9 l为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
) y- n+ C! g0 U7 l+ m" m' {+ i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% v2 }, i0 j* e' 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.
, C# [5 D! Z$ C: D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.
/ p0 P( R7 X3 w" \. e7 q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# o* r, C) d" s' `: C  OWe stop starting. We quit the club.
  C  G- g( y) m8 p# {$ W4 g( r7 t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
$ z8 p- ?8 s$ B% O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.
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。
6 B+ R, f* D" C- x' L+ STalk about it.
1 Q5 |) k% \+ B% ^- e谈论下面的话题：
- b! f7 Q) O6 ~7 I7 T* {; AIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; e  c/ O; z7 U3 J  R8 I; Z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?
9 r, Z! r  U2 |; Y7 p8 G8 }! n它是一种遥远的记忆？
; _- Y# \- `, u: c/ g. \1 hDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
# L! S+ H4 @0 Z# h3 Y( T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 f) g0 t; E4 U: N5 F9 V8 u! 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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; J  x5 S5 f: D5 ^) k9 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？
. ]0 m! s3 I5 n8 |" u9 A! c& s8 MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- t! E! t2 r& ?5 }; o% `还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
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？