美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

2452790809

Remembering why we are doing something

/ x7 J; _  d( g7 v9 k8 J7 P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。
) ]. j3 |+ S- L7 C0 W: yHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
) I2 J- {9 {8 m+ `6 gI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
. V( t5 q" S( @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.
7 A3 k$ L; C# {' ?* t0 w3 P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.
: [+ V# ?* ^, r. N* x( d: w. `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。
  v/ H8 u9 P7 D5 fThat's a memory problem.
  }, L! k( U7 a& i这是一个记忆问题。
( T8 e2 c- V* |4 qI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% [. t+ p" d) s1 I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？
$ r) J6 i# G+ Z" H0 n( }At one point, there was a reason we do something.
& z9 x+ C# f* ^4 P1 Z' M: d- U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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
" v' l% G# y& o9 s% }( S! T+ B5 k总是可以问问自己为什么。
, s7 D* M( F1 ?& l- L% r! t. Q0 i, TWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 g& A7 j9 f& S# v* i( ?" fWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( _* M; A% j, n% G9 o! d# S" OWhy my friend was this person?
1 {: m7 {' T* P6 _: q) r) c* W2 J为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
( i5 o% i, H7 m# D2 L. ]$ |If 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。
0 v& O' S& M! n7 |1 PI think we need indeed remind us of why.
- l% l# ]; }* ^/ y0 X, J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。
" X( w! [  ?* h6 L9 ^We stop starting. We quit the club.
: z& `& s! l, c, T1 W5 G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 q, H- k4 R( ^% y" @# J' N9 p  t我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
$ F# X, f$ a! D$ \, UThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
( J6 Y5 ]6 r, L% Y& T. Y1 W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.
$ ~( t( `) |* ]/ o+ H9 E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：
# A# `: d8 A, h7 eIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& O6 L; ^$ L( S9 w9 `5 y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...
  @/ l( ~; ?2 W, V- Q# d* i9 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
& U9 h2 T6 N0 ?1 _- m' YHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
! ?4 i/ T9 l- N+ g6 {Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 v# j8 D0 ]+ ~0 a你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
) E- l. J2 V! Y6 d9 M" GWhat 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?
& Z% t+ |$ \2 }你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？