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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# b: U7 z/ i  h* a( n7 P- @记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" `7 Q8 ~3 `$ h/ u8 w有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
3 d" J+ E9 g& j* L. kHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ r. r! y# b# [/ D; I. n0 T( cI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' k- j1 K$ _1 L5 Q8 P我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 s. I# f5 a. s: j8 Y' HI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
" e! h; ]  R  ^+ F0 W; s我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& \# G; `; H. W# |* H% N4 A+ eAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
: S5 z$ x% I0 Q( j  E9 ~' r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。
) t2 y( y+ n# x. y3 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。
# n) r* Z% @5 {9 ~$ qThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
9 ~; Y8 d1 F* b! J3 r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。
1 i" d: f; k$ u9 }9 i' P2 P0 tFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
6 n" g' A$ i% r& i对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
$ d+ K6 }+ C2 S. h/ Q: X7 e$ DIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
- C3 o* x/ o, r5 L. j, |4 t# a% ?总是可以问问自己为什么。
, D# I/ h$ g( |" ?* hWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 V7 K+ k% |- P3 Z: u7 L9 hWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
5 z- l  i- m7 f* q1 |Why my friend was this person?
7 i, n% ?. R5 M, a为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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.
2 A* V& ]' i/ u# o2 e. Q$ O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。
6 L$ T9 }# S3 J3 GI think we need indeed remind us of why.
" g$ Q+ K3 r5 e$ a我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
6 ]% e9 K# g* L5 u否则很难完成我们所开始的。
2 c9 Q" X, a7 j* W( aWe stop starting. We quit the club.
, s1 r! `+ ]( O! d) _/ S我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
- h2 V, k$ O# t) M  J  m! Y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ o8 v0 l+ G* g8 ~There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" z4 D% J/ Y1 t; I% f( aIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  o$ v8 H; ]9 Y/ \9 P8 c8 r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.
4 m) e) X1 X! q- v' `( w/ ^( R谈论下面的话题：
% F  }9 S9 b0 _  y' y8 q# RIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 I, q: s' c3 c3 C1 q; n7 ]你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
9 Y+ ^5 l) @/ e& F% n- Q( IIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
  s  W8 S7 x4 j; NDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
- g8 P- Q, P! {1 R, uHow 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？
$ u, a! R+ e; Q/ ]3 uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
; M! C! ?; _. P) z: D你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
2 c, c+ W8 |+ I% L, `; U& W1 CWhat 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？
% q6 q" }: @6 Q  R: D; G9 gWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 D/ _  ?9 f" o你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？