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

8 f5 L/ g# l4 _! `- T) ^! c, y记住我们为什么做某事
; j. E) [" r: TSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: N: e' z" ]7 |- N有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
! Z: j$ c' F2 f' c0 Z6 _' l6 oHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
( `- h% [0 V# e# g4 c7 ]4 B' ZI'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.
' q% k3 Z/ q3 P( B5 B9 D我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
2 j' y+ p3 C5 x) T+ X6 U% R" D4 rAnd 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。
! h' n$ ^5 V3 x- |Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; @' X; \. @+ |8 {哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
9 E+ a8 f. r, D, o. M* NThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
' p: ^' Q/ i4 g: m0 Y" y我想那很重要。
But 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.
# O# e- O& ^) `1 R+ w0 G9 x在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
9 o" e  M; W, H0 l8 K& kFor 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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
0 f. s3 q8 |- G  j: r( Q4 {总是可以问问自己为什么。
+ C  T. M" a* }4 v/ t; ZWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
# ], b) {2 ?4 u% s" xWhy did I join this club?
0 k2 _* |: S% c* I- J, S为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
# Y" i, g9 p1 Q! e& ~Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 b" y+ f2 H! X+ z! Z6 S4 c8 r  H0 O( XWhy did I get married?
3 ^& Z+ Y1 d) j为什么我要结婚？
, |- {8 M1 g1 pIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# |7 M3 {% l( J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.
/ E4 A+ Z7 a0 ?$ l' }, ?: d, n/ i) G我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 n+ Q" O& j3 h) iOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
: ~. c9 {$ ]+ ^+ L) J否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
- s/ k% t, }* M! g我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 C2 O" _- x& I, |We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
' w# l1 }' z+ H2 t, a1 j, [9 e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ T- P, b2 \' H: |5 TThere'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.
# p' {9 ]0 \/ h; b9 Y  \) r1 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.
谈论下面的话题：
5 q4 Z* T. G. E9 e: @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...
/ ]2 R" C/ H7 h  P  F+ I3 O6 t你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; X1 ~6 T6 M6 zHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
8 R2 j7 Y" J; r% z) k' {你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! Y* X' m1 i. u, HDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; @5 X' {/ Y; yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 z  J& V% w- |9 i6 _+ N你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 g. h5 F$ p$ Y: K: p6 OWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
! @3 p/ `  O6 b9 _还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
5 C4 L) S5 x6 I' [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
/ H9 N) A! u( a8 o6 n你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？