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
( n5 v% R0 [: n7 H( s% _( T. l# mSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
1 b# G8 O9 g" f你曾有过这种经历吗？
1 H  u" O; Z) l. K! U8 z3 l4 [I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
# \6 p* @$ z2 `- s' C# G/ C) x' n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。
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
% I1 j0 p5 M1 L8 N7 ]% s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。
7 r# K: t4 k3 U' ]4 U% D/ BWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
. D% u3 N8 p  f3 N哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) p7 B( g" \6 j) a, n; j  y: DThat's a memory problem.
8 g. h  H1 l! Z% g! D( M这是一个记忆问题。
: @' S/ m! e" R9 Z( yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
6 P% b! X7 b0 l5 r0 ]/ D2 A+ W; gBut 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.
( h+ m7 @( }0 E& R8 a" `" R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。
% \6 s% f+ e# I9 N0 uIt'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?
5 F  @& B! @( Y  G5 J' s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
0 ~/ g4 Q& X6 G$ ]* V, m5 Q- a; Z# hWhy my friend was this person?
* O" K. I! w' @, F4 D0 C为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
0 C% |+ j% F5 R+ o: [为什么我要结婚？
: X* O" \8 J5 @2 V5 E5 X" X' B3 R, AIf 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.
, ~# f  ?" A% E; {, a0 F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.
# v) v" a$ b# }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
. |7 |4 s+ T5 _# A: S% K% f. ?: WWe stop starting. We quit the club.
! C) o2 h2 T# F' a& A我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ g$ j0 A% J5 D& a4 R' `8 @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 W$ q# w$ _: v0 Q7 ~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.
/ L& G5 W7 I/ O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。
# l- k$ [( |& E$ w" x1 e- U( pTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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...
8 H1 U/ G7 P3 y' J0 S4 [! Z8 |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 E: o& L( s, y/ q$ q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# F+ d$ N; ]  j# H& R# P1 |Do you write memos?
0 W) `  e, l! x你写备忘录吗？
2 y/ N% o! _+ i3 J- X- ~0 _Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, U, C9 v+ X/ `( _1 {. \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？
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？