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

( s5 h; e2 K  Q记住我们为什么做某事
2 T: w6 b8 \4 p4 T' aSometimes 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。
& |- U) I0 N/ {/ @5 ]/ `1 u  k( e; r( X, IHave you ever done that?
8 @3 ~0 \. i* g: w你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ s0 A* O1 R' z  f8 v* dI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 v5 Q+ l+ u; p( v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.
2 n- F9 M! D+ c& K1 `, X& j我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 n( e7 \4 Y, Q4 F1 N  YAnd 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
: l# _2 H) L* p2 A% N8 v. F. y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 N! |4 d$ D1 y/ _; n这是一个记忆问题。
3 B/ Z+ ]' e& P' b& p- UI guess that counts too.
% R- U8 R* D% n0 Q4 i& @$ }% L: b我想那很重要。
8 E$ `' B, ~# V& R) n$ [/ g- JBut 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？
$ L: k5 I  \/ N3 {* H* RAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- ~% L0 Q; F% ]% c) L4 B3 q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, Z& Z% `- q  SFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
7 z9 V+ g& K* b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。
0 j: }4 F# o, E" ?0 o  eWhy did I start to learn a language?
5 Q4 Q- L) e. ]) e3 T( D为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& E6 M+ D/ C+ V% t* ?2 B1 k5 k! gWhy 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?
为什么我要结婚？
8 X5 Z  t+ t; t+ k5 B  pIf 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。
! i  T6 @9 `8 U# U/ B; }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.
' Y- z. D7 v( L) z% f6 q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' b8 L8 m# e6 ~5 U  xWe stop starting. We quit the club.
# w  }9 c* l% q+ y6 k1 S' v我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" q+ ^8 A4 m: U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。
: O# c- g( R# S3 s% E9 N0 [% uIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
( E4 f" }$ b7 g& s- m! Y/ U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。
4 d. w) R; a' ETalk about it.
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？
7 M! ?# t9 ?7 L+ fIs it a kind of distant memory?
' O* F  k$ Y9 X' z9 x它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 U9 z$ @8 L3 l: v& `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
% l  C: z7 {8 P# u- s# |你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) d& F' o! [2 {; {How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. _3 W5 ]1 `0 C/ ]7 e0 c3 o$ n你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
0 v- R; O4 H, g, a4 R" k$ R; k你写备忘录吗？
Does 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?
8 p0 u0 d8 g4 B: c还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' P0 {2 @& K3 K/ g6 wWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' ^/ H% U' R1 {% J7 K* Z1 W3 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？