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

. z6 e: K7 ^( P& E记住我们为什么做某事
* M9 H) |) z9 o) M. [, b9 ?1 nSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
: s' o% q# f1 o  \: n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
! f# J/ \- _& R( C2 V0 CI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
" j- Q+ U' }" Y: }1 l: t4 {, 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。
And 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。
; }# }9 F8 g' h, }) e: \Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
2 L3 ~6 P# z2 z/ I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
5 [9 u$ o+ t2 K; ?: X  yI guess that counts too.
' S( W3 I6 h5 r6 \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？
1 Q  i& O( q1 V8 OAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
) c: W) Q/ G; J: x: k在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: z  h3 c6 z3 a: R$ fFor 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。
5 W4 }5 q( u- s, }( m; EWhy 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?
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?
# e+ N4 ~- s' ^4 J: L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/ M2 \5 p) b8 V! n. Y3 C1 I3 e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.
! u6 ?" Z9 w% v( s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 V" L! _6 C5 m. }, O9 @我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
& n- i7 {$ q% X% t( e" E, {2 kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 v& g0 b( i8 T4 H4 `3 T0 S! J' M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.
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.
% |* c- N, g1 [6 \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.
3 Y4 u# J+ f8 B  E+ P2 @0 d; d谈论下面的话题：
; [7 s" r  N1 J4 B. Y! q8 w1 YIs 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?
! Y) u( _. {3 ?7 k" }" W它是一种遥远的记忆？
3 B5 m5 C- A: \( l" CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. t& U7 o% i, g( N: THow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: W/ m) p1 y. V0 L& |' I/ g% n8 z1 `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
+ L4 w8 r  w) L% |7 UDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 P) S. |1 i4 S9 x5 O, v2 t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?
# p- Z! w) w1 q. S  V还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
- m5 o$ G6 ~- \% r% x! n0 ?+ Z# q) xWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
4 p" M3 V# x! x. F! g; O& O6 m$ |; |0 Y你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？