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

5 q6 b0 N& g( G4 H4 V% e' E# v/ G记住我们为什么做某事
5 d/ o* `8 _, f; ?, l2 QSometimes 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？
( T4 D8 Q$ b3 t0 P' ]  h! ~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。
1 B9 s/ e/ J4 H% {* e0 N* SAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
* k5 q* F3 s1 V& R9 }5 _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.
( |3 ?2 y$ a1 {& Y% P- y# k2 t哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- ]/ W0 Y; B3 L- }$ SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
, e' u8 d) e: Y* W) II guess that counts too.
8 X1 \9 Y! F6 u! |我想那很重要。
- A, x2 r* [+ Z9 sBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& Y* P: w6 A1 q. ^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.
7 A4 @" Y7 b4 h/ f9 R( p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.
( e% d0 H' Q' T1 O对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( ?  f, @" A6 C- R. b7 D& AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
% k1 w, v: l8 y% z! `( E- EWhy did I start to learn a language?
0 J6 O2 g# i4 G/ A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- k# M* B5 P  C  K( X; ^$ }3 BWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
! K# I, C" [0 L' N4 d/ cWhy my friend was this person?
, d+ A) p* T2 g为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ t7 N8 J* m: F! A% |5 Z为什么我要结婚？
# o2 w0 E8 a. A$ ^* tIf 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.
9 e0 |4 y2 I# p/ e, T8 g; M& ~* T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
% o' o5 F) Y# Y& ]Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ J8 @' Z0 A) v+ V6 ]We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 H5 |3 u4 t5 y' W. |' q我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ X  g0 ?2 S$ q( f  Z: T; fThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# S. O* b" j7 ^# p; ^/ M问为什么没什么问题。
4 [. y+ I+ m1 F6 ], v: p; `% bIn 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
8 b3 ?4 T8 `) O- X! A& WIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  }: @  A) R8 @1 C4 o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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. W+ u4 J, H# \. M/ _7 R你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
3 L/ g( U4 c  i9 V8 R( BDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
/ S7 P7 V9 n9 f5 V/ E- ^Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; `( k2 V; M" L% y' i+ E你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 G6 N8 e; R6 \. m' d/ YWhat 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？
, n. H3 B' d- g; v% g0 @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？