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
) ~7 L7 z4 A! [  F  H# U, RSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 C; v( ?+ D. D# {1 i. u, f8 j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？
! n( D  W9 h5 G0 C+ PI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 `+ ]3 b7 C% G/ S我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 W( f4 @1 ]3 vI 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。
/ }# C/ u* i5 o/ y" }( }! a+ oAnd 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。
$ O# \$ [% ^' ]1 ~& B+ sWell, 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
. m/ a4 B; u" [- q; N我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- S  G) w2 m4 e/ s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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  _3 h) d; s: P9 @+ H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。
Why 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?
# p" a5 ]: y* k4 \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?
5 @! W8 w4 `. k% ]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.
" H; G& [6 S/ b; j/ h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.
, R" u+ J" N- S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.
( U, `/ h' E# V$ P$ w$ W/ c否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  o; D# n' S: `0 MWe stop starting. We quit the club.
& ]! O  r5 @5 z, I* S3 H6 a' g我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. S0 ~' L+ s& t6 @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
& B/ H3 W6 S. k% Y# Z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.
4 d, s% Y9 I5 \6 N9 g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.
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。
, t' l9 H8 E* b% CTalk about it.
% s; u, Z7 x9 Y9 `1 I谈论下面的话题：
5 Q9 q- [( t7 `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
% k. F7 q) j2 W1 l- Y( M" V' v9 E! @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?
6 ^0 M# D  ]' q/ i它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 f) }+ s, F, c) g你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' W' B6 g% R: D( EHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
7 M$ B" P% z* {& VDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# w- i0 T" N* f. }( E" U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?
: M3 I; G, Z2 y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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？