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

3 F, T4 M( U& M4 f8 f- u$ `8 N记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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。
; A# J; D4 b0 |$ u5 b5 N. e1 |% jHave you ever done that?
1 c9 i2 r% d- p你曾有过这种经历吗？
; ~$ d1 _7 N3 t. x9 ]0 lI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 M+ A# s9 @0 n% T- y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.
/ f' d/ L7 d% s& j& H$ Z! R! h: y4 N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# Q+ G1 T% N5 E$ z2 nAnd 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.
+ w6 ?2 F7 p) u1 S/ Q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 ]) e8 \) G# M' s  t0 Q这是一个记忆问题。
: d% Q  E' C6 p: mI guess that counts too.
* `7 t4 ~; g; X) M+ n+ w# t我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ e% H1 D; a0 ^: s, G, S# ^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？
. I& Z4 O, Z- A) qAt 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。
/ B4 w/ i- R- q3 v7 iFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
+ I# K3 M& f! X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
9 k/ d& b* k2 lIt'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?
( o7 [* a* v. A9 }为什么我开始学习一种语言？
$ t! j5 ^: F' M3 _- y  Z& Z. _: WWhy did I join this club?
7 p, y2 a+ ]: }( o6 \5 B为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 ^1 _, f8 t% G1 hWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
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.
$ c$ c3 V4 ]" _9 D- q9 C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.
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.
: O, a! D/ d3 x) a9 H' m4 e% p否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 ?8 u( |& A. l3 z% }" L) W9 X5 ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
( T/ y# W0 w( @; A+ ?$ [4 J我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
5 M" u# J9 e" ?* j: a4 B5 c) l. s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
* t6 Y6 w$ [+ U0 P; SThere'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。
Talk about it.
% J6 Y/ N& i5 f8 X5 T' n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？
# d  o! q/ P4 ^* _) XIs it a kind of distant memory?
4 {" ~: i1 p3 r* K* s1 c, ]6 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
8 K5 M( t* H. \  M4 ]# N* [7 wDid 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?
7 s* y) F0 d8 E你写备忘录吗？
7 p& @0 a, d+ \. a" q6 s4 XDoes 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?
( U: h5 }3 r1 K. m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?
4 ?/ i. [5 E' ^- S3 v1 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？