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
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。
: d6 `. e4 ]" A+ K2 ZHave you ever done that?
- \/ g$ p% e  L# T# D你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
; y9 {; V: J" V1 \  x' R4 r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。
" A* @3 w$ v: m5 v, y9 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。
6 Q! S) d% ?; i1 OWell, 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。
& a8 x9 j& y$ G3 H( h. B3 H1 i$ iThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
8 ?: ~6 l3 L/ Z0 r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
/ x9 f+ T+ r  S/ y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？
' m& k. u+ z/ W# `8 m' S( E0 @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。
/ ~  p" d2 z# i- V' w. @& SFor 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.
! D1 d! e, W8 R# U  V$ I! f* U4 q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？
) _4 x) L# L1 G+ D: QWhy did I join this club?
6 m; ]: k% J, U; W8 M为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
! P" L" Q$ R- l5 V2 p' B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.
# E! U' B6 G8 T; S. [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.
0 {4 ^9 N4 [; w9 M2 J5 O  Z3 s' T0 @我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 Y0 ]* E# j, u& C! }& B7 g! xOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ r; y& u6 ?5 V# g9 K否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ c$ Y0 p- ?2 Q0 NWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# m4 K4 f7 }7 e% 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。
; X  ]7 ^- x2 V- o, c+ v( e6 HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
- l9 L1 C. l/ K, D- C4 r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.
: {1 ]0 S$ G* Q$ `5 _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。
1 Y9 \2 \2 g3 S, q* o% q! g9 STalk about it.
3 a- e2 n5 T3 E6 \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...
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？
; s6 }9 [2 t8 B  m) ^- UDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 g/ B0 \. D: y* n- T) i( o% o2 MDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' q$ E' r6 ~" j* Z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 f6 I& l* {6 x; k' p8 RWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; Q; j  W" g# N: T0 ]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?
: K5 k& e1 X9 Y- U. R2 h6 A8 O$ X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？