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

+ \3 R. O& h8 E5 n8 `& w记住我们为什么做某事
( O9 k7 O6 V, ^9 {& j  QSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% k0 s/ q; B! n/ s8 b. P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？
6 x; f0 C; _/ D, i, q7 Y: T7 r$ yI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
* U( y; d0 Z* F; |我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
" `8 ]& s8 a' CI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
1 V" e" p8 b2 K( A* M4 @我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
" X" ?9 H" n- ?4 U/ \9 lAnd 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。
9 H5 g- s; w! S6 x4 y4 u  pWell, 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。
/ x$ O8 @% g/ D8 QThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
  b9 G. n/ ~% O: S' [* _我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# J( ?2 i. R; K# |; ~3 P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？
/ q/ ]1 ?, N# y# K# a( Y6 e# M4 k, dAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
! D) g9 }& B% _在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
' {: W7 D& |; k( O3 M8 ?* [For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
9 L# r1 }: k- AIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
' `% E. U2 Q) C+ [# K* {& ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 k: K( t, [& ]" z3 l& G, y& QWhy did I start to learn a language?
. P- R) ?, T7 {& _0 R( J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- M+ Y: s4 m: w& ~& ZWhy did I join this club?
+ Y) V* f; b: I为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
6 G8 t, g+ ?0 j; qWhy my friend was this person?
8 F8 d  [& Q* X& k. c8 j1 Q为什么我的朋友是这个人？
* M4 H' j- K! c2 F2 tWhy did I get married?
) z4 x7 {, E$ f% t6 |为什么我要结婚？
& Q7 g/ B' _/ J# n1 V9 K, I: XIf 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。
+ }: x1 U) E7 `# j2 H; {Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ h2 F1 }, ]+ N" ]7 j! ^否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
' J' j/ [  I& ~( ?/ Y$ u0 Y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。
: q; @* z. j3 ^' sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
7 c8 R) Q! ], K$ o- L# f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。
' k0 @% k! A1 v2 X8 k) k( B! dTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
3 L& S1 R0 l  z4 h9 KIs 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？
$ h2 r/ R+ b* |  y3 T' UDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
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？
Do you write memos?
( j% @+ C' e2 E) l9 h你写备忘录吗？
9 e" R" E6 m3 }. a1 r/ ~) IDoes 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？
8 Z+ J4 @/ F, D0 o' Y3 YWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) n2 C* t7 u  ~, u  P! m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
7 v8 t& B' c/ M2 {0 w7 uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' q" q+ _8 i# j; `& X+ a' j; j) ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？