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
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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
+ ]# o1 `$ ~& O; Y) B# C& ]I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
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。
5 ^; e' l9 d9 @1 q" gAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
% B' Q* a' n- k7 [- q# h& o% |% p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。
; k8 t" }+ G6 v# ]* E& L4 E, qWell, 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.
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？
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。
' n' `% }  J# |0 m7 e, i+ t; aFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
8 a" L: s7 D$ Z% a6 [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, c" y. i5 K& F  N9 ^) dIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
  k; h% |. x2 ]) v) o总是可以问问自己为什么。
, b# W; I% e- j! f- aWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
5 t- x: h7 i& D  rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
( v3 f5 b9 r5 B3 `2 `' Z% m8 w# jWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' V! r5 z7 S! a% J* Q* MWhy did I get married?
1 s! i- D8 M1 g% g. X为什么我要结婚？
6 Y  g3 n8 T1 O/ B/ D) S7 BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
7 y+ ^! d' b! Y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。
$ B" m1 ^5 ?- G  x, x, Y; L4 jI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
8 u" X2 {9 S+ T; g$ ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 C, Q* l( N; u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
) T- @& k+ d" y7 f! m我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
/ q, P  d+ G$ e4 C7 J9 dWe 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。
5 S1 N. }* U4 m7 `There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
4 l, L/ M4 }% X; z5 cIn 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。
* H2 ?7 g2 P2 q: ?5 M. d, T: B7 jTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, v2 K; E7 j( i  x. c" f' Q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?
# ?7 q4 F2 Q0 t! A4 F( Z0 g2 m) [它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# m% y8 u; T7 Q& ]5 s, G+ q; m. z你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 B  `& c1 p, `" FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" L1 n% j' a2 i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 ?" J: ], V# m7 d  ODo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
; V& x( f. U. Z0 q% k% [/ U7 }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？
, }$ K0 c7 V/ z: X7 K6 vWhat 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？
" l. Y* v4 o- r4 t7 OWhat 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？