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
/ G" }. ?2 H2 FSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
' q# y5 o' Y9 C4 t8 Y3 W7 \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
# |7 Q: s! S" U$ Q" e2 B7 L你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
9 s" Y7 l9 [( Z9 U, t我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
  r% Q, o8 g+ GI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) H6 v# O3 ]' D7 E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.
$ T6 u+ `! w6 ~/ o4 a' m* U( Q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。
- w+ @( i4 [7 ^8 N0 I1 FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
+ R' P- _, D7 _1 x5 W- \7 V1 N" n哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
2 H' M; g" k+ i$ wThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
: b1 r+ u( G2 n. z7 [' d我想那很重要。
6 o$ F# a; L; O. o; f, ?( gBut 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。
- i2 Y8 W2 `) f8 B7 ^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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
  o0 Q, b  C# x2 A# yWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
+ O! j* [! A5 i( ]$ v% q# ]3 H为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
2 O+ P$ v  A9 D& z( _, e' FWhy my friend was this person?
8 y  d( h0 B) ]7 d9 A8 O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.
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。
8 v' s# O6 o( R  ?, c0 w! f" `' TI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! S, G0 M4 I0 M9 K# DOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
3 J; `' @- g5 W* H4 w% `否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 j0 e. d7 v& b, W1 YWe stop starting. We quit the club.
$ `! K; N/ B+ h: R( x& H) \我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 S, c* s' e2 T% w1 Z6 k7 nWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
, y2 s$ {) k/ ]* T/ s问为什么没什么问题。
0 Q2 B) d. v, X1 q8 x6 {) ^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.
2 N! o- ^0 e* {! D$ e5 c- j" {0 K谈论下面的话题：
( c8 _9 I* H9 n. y( u  I: A! q# RIs 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?
; e' c6 U8 O/ r& L' ~, C' Z/ \它是一种遥远的记忆？
9 h! N3 {" B% K6 kDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
- Z" f, F9 q' P/ f1 G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- Y6 Q6 F. V& K, J8 Y- Q+ l你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 s2 [& Z" p* b, R/ U你写备忘录吗？
+ ?8 Z$ c$ Z$ g& l. fDoes 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?
: c, W8 n) V+ i9 D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?
# w/ w/ `0 b- ?+ Q3 I8 W+ h$ ~! V你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？