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
% ~# j& v9 s0 r  w+ o% x0 ]Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 k$ b2 B, N. T! _. S) p& F0 m  {有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
/ [- b0 M: i) W) W( AHave you ever done that?
5 ?2 `2 ^; _" _你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 h1 s' x' |, n( ~I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 W6 a5 I2 u- U2 ?3 B3 W4 o我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
/ a3 y+ D2 D1 KI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( l6 v; A9 N: \/ z1 ^. F' ?! ]" ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& \. P! Y0 I. x' c* V  |% lAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
7 x4 ?( U* J: p9 u8 }* 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。
Well, 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。
& c! T# Y' `( t, W* E# X$ EThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
% C$ c3 Y/ L) W3 x" i$ QI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& k4 D: U  S' `, BBut 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.
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.
3 g1 {8 d, E0 `9 O6 @+ {" h对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
& w' S- H  W. S0 P3 P, |4 E) NIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
. E7 b0 t3 ^- V/ m6 T, aWhy did I start to learn a language?
( A* [2 {' A0 y1 B0 Z& G$ Z为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; M9 l2 H, {3 I, B6 oWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
% O# U2 I1 H. y& q$ g为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' d" Y( V* C& k+ t  o* DWhy did I get married?
( b, n6 j- X2 ]  k2 w+ }7 _3 G9 n为什么我要结婚？
. x$ K: o2 o0 W" n- t% s9 [If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. z. s5 z$ F3 n8 G- }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。
4 {* A4 j: i  |1 ^. x3 iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- e: }3 a0 U9 [$ S( q1 q# B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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
$ u8 c  G- O  o  j4 N4 ?, b- J; I/ D我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 m$ `! E* g2 L  v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.
% ^7 ~: _& z& M) V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.
; |/ K$ s2 Y  I" m5 S2 _3 o谈论下面的话题：
1 ]5 b+ o& v% {; @$ RIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ T8 A9 u, p) `& W* K你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
" @  ?9 S# c, p# r0 nIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
/ T$ h' Z2 N/ q+ cDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
/ h% u' U0 W! R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: }$ C' {% _( |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？
  [- U9 e7 v6 U3 C: oDo you write memos?
" Y* T: I0 X/ \4 ?, @; M你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- z$ {+ |; S$ u! H% X0 M) D. gWhat 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？