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
, c- j8 b" R- \6 gSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 O5 K; e; H2 g* Z1 o8 R6 }有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' E$ X3 [+ R( V2 uHave you ever done that?
  H: T/ t% D& D: d你曾有过这种经历吗？
4 }% P5 @: g/ g/ |2 ]& o) mI'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.
8 `7 u' \. K5 U: r% h( s我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
7 Z8 d) _! A0 F+ a  SAnd 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.
- K$ d  c$ R. B; X3 l6 J, S* V哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
" c  u3 G8 N5 T7 @% Y/ _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?
& |  y% ?; O8 D' N* P- i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 Y3 y# W" u+ E0 }对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
' X& y+ f0 P$ T7 w3 a总是可以问问自己为什么。
0 f8 Z  H# a" x+ h& [+ v6 p2 v( tWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
0 [- \  [0 I/ p+ {Why did I join this club?
4 w3 x( X2 B. ?$ K为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
. b1 B/ Y+ J) N$ I# |为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
) c# e9 N, v$ F& s* M2 U; C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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
2 b; |+ b3 u4 COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- \* ]  n$ p+ ~$ C7 `0 y: }5 M否则很难完成我们所开始的。
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.
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。
  ^+ p; G0 o" }' w5 EIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# M& h+ j" ?+ W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.
0 |- T& O" y' t* u; C% w/ y谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
  o  {4 ^" _2 Y* C0 n$ F7 A% t/ U你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
1 F! U/ e& c( x* O/ j" hIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: U8 P/ X) X2 d( E; ?$ w% \6 Q! U你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 T, H: l6 O$ e; tHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
# _! t  l5 B) X, yDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) f3 S; m4 \" k; M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?
! f0 G8 c- Z+ V: v0 H$ [8 Q# g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?
8 o- x; u5 W1 R/ s5 K你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？