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

9 N8 }0 k( K* |1 B记住我们为什么做某事
! ^0 w; [$ N+ E0 A2 E! XSometimes 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。
' P' H: @/ m) WHave you ever done that?
9 x  m2 V# U7 ~* \6 y/ j  L你曾有过这种经历吗？
. L; ]) V$ z% oI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
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.
* I# l+ U% s# {9 m$ v我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
+ F3 t( g, b, B7 P7 t2 yAnd 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。
2 k3 h& o- \3 Y5 v% O& V; t& ]2 @' FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. H& P3 d2 z4 `( D8 j2 Q, x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
5 |; N! v: f9 S这是一个记忆问题。
4 b, ?6 q6 o) \* H: xI guess that counts too.
; }9 K3 @+ }& j, ?. Z我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# j& G4 J7 `: A: w$ K) q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.
" M# s+ O% ]0 e( J' X' A, q0 ^' k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.
0 |1 K& x& t4 B( ]对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
& L0 ?3 u9 s% `: _7 wIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  F9 o/ h' q- l& b0 T( wWhy 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?
. k) n% g0 M0 Q9 v1 k0 x. z$ a3 @! I$ v为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
2 M8 ^' [, V4 F为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
) x: ]  }6 a% H0 b, u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.
9 M. B4 o& _% u! X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。
% b" K* J' ~" j* w* r! }  ?$ ZI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
4 O  t$ n' L# pOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% {" t  V0 X2 I! x# g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
  R; n4 S! D- D# P' J  J  u我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# B( _; e7 H# p" E$ b% oWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
. `3 {' [) k( `9 `: F+ U# B' T我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ X; C0 H) G) ?2 aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 t- |* q0 t' `( q5 _8 `* x2 OIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
7 Z& t3 d3 D' }0 z9 J  x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。
; O; b1 Q+ v' iTalk about it.
1 p2 K7 h  M8 U$ D3 z! [* w谈论下面的话题：
+ Q  @& n) L1 V+ b: o% Z7 N" vIs 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？
6 B/ V7 b) z/ @8 PIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 Q3 P) s7 o) N# w2 pDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How 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?
" i6 D2 G3 @  T7 s0 P8 `1 I' h3 M! a你写备忘录吗？
& V( Q* ]4 }4 a* j: Z7 TDoes 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？
6 A8 X4 o7 W$ P* lWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
; h' X  }0 K2 O/ H( D% g9 _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？