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
' ^3 @; w" L) OSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 X. I* g, k, X! [& [有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
, F4 q( L& B( V9 C% m你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ t, D! f/ S" F1 DI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( c3 r/ {! d* n5 {2 Z( _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* T8 l1 N+ T- @1 Y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。
3 ?2 w3 z4 o) m! gWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( Z6 ~" {: w: r, H2 g. }+ E, r哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
( [; p8 t: z% W0 X8 y$ pThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 Q6 i6 T, Y6 a  Q* a1 k5 lI guess that counts too.
  V4 h5 B! v& w我想那很重要。
2 ~; _5 b. a  P+ R5 ]4 d$ m8 B( [3 eBut 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.
9 G, n: {, }! l4 W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.
* s6 u: o& V; S- c7 m/ R; |0 E9 E对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
+ g' X. o0 |  G* P* H1 T4 Y6 p* M2 y: BIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why 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?
; e. F" f' ~# [4 U& F# _为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
6 ~" P+ `9 ?4 X% B& c1 x/ G$ I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
( I& g3 w9 f0 ~: eWhy did I get married?
8 O) ]: J4 N* \+ @为什么我要结婚？
9 D" U6 [: j3 ]" [If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# I& p9 |0 Q. }( W: \/ E, V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。
* l0 L. [5 r4 {9 Q1 N' P! RI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' C0 p$ ?4 Y! }: {& J; ^5 c4 _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
' i) v$ Z; o5 X7 o" |/ z- @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 d- b( p1 W& }0 `We stop starting. We quit the club.
; A' R6 j* n7 O8 R& t我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
2 i: @8 ?6 V/ }% U% N! OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 u' _& f4 I* G# i问为什么没什么问题。
3 q2 ~1 A8 ]) H! [8 YIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
, v8 K! A' |. J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.
$ P2 ?( w+ a- N1 ?9 J- r3 e谈论下面的话题：
1 l" w5 K# p: D# h! i* nIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
; B5 e- l) v/ O7 r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？
4 B$ z$ u+ m' N6 KDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
( G5 _+ G' s8 t! h  c你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
+ ~/ r" P0 d# [; b- x$ I& vHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. G" e# z" w: n) `0 s你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 o8 A- j' o' ?9 UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
2 J5 M0 F5 B' n- p9 KDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 C: q' W( r8 H2 C& e# U. H. j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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
# m6 ^; A6 C7 p7 H5 NWhat 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？