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
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记住我们为什么做某事
" \8 S* \" F) ~; V7 rSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# a" u# P$ ?% k3 V4 {( u. C( b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
/ B6 B% `5 ]! l8 Q你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
3 a, w, x+ O* W7 QI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
" d2 Q0 X7 Z7 T' A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。
Well, 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。
, [- I) V5 X4 b) n. yThat's a memory problem.
  z; H% \& s. g- K' _/ ?  U7 w8 p这是一个记忆问题。
' x) l. N$ s& W$ VI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
* M. m! M$ n" M- [: Z! A4 n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？
: r5 ]8 B7 d1 E& x% ^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。
- Y2 v1 a+ i. O; Q- x% e" hFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 ^/ I+ j5 @! B! f对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; ?* W# P- E/ U1 _% SIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
. {3 I! g9 j. Z% ?. h% h! W6 S总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
. |; S, u; i) s! x% ?' W  j2 R: B/ |为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 D. I% O* t% x6 rWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
* l: K8 F3 f) ^& y6 B+ D) g9 x/ @为什么我的朋友是这个人？
) R! j2 x$ ]' FWhy 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
0 J! l( T, B+ x& e/ A3 w, }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  e; G; Y* o0 A+ Q6 G3 `+ p' kOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
0 R4 a0 j6 ?1 \5 Y, y+ [8 t否则很难完成我们所开始的。
# y, ^$ r; b- E8 U. V% f- R; AWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 V# q' y1 Z$ _1 r5 VWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 T; s, t. v8 Z: R! q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。
0 z: y! q$ T; {) x- ^* E" a' SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
8 H/ \8 S1 k7 T" f* a- Y! \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。
+ p8 u! j$ z, V% E1 q1 ~( S  WTalk about it.
) v' O) x& b+ m5 _谈论下面的话题：
. j. \$ A4 K0 ?( a- V6 y% OIs 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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
- _% a# S4 O& L; t3 y. s# HDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
4 j) H/ y6 ]: O2 I+ BHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- }: U+ @- n/ w1 d8 H" v( y& x你写备忘录吗？
$ G( e. N4 Z& v" \7 mDoes 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？
" G; [  N$ s/ X  NWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
; A% j. j# w+ y/ z$ \; {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?
+ s6 A: G6 F# i+ ?. |你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？