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

7 q) b+ L8 K* F记住我们为什么做某事
$ C* P. j- T! N+ V/ u( u: F+ zSometimes 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。
( H# ?9 f& R! O7 I( G+ DHave you ever done that?
) ^' t: [9 }3 d. i* X" r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。
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。
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。
' L( S" X2 V8 P4 ?+ K$ w! w  ]Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 K1 ^$ h$ [) |3 A2 a% q哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! _8 h$ n/ }& BThat's a memory problem.
8 r$ w! L0 E. h5 X. b: w这是一个记忆问题。
. E1 Z! E. v. x* v/ yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
# f: e5 t+ x- }! Y- e' Y- c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.
+ J, E  r5 e0 H' ]% c/ V在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& S, p/ u( h) |. H$ r' R2 s9 YFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
0 C; h7 h( {+ L" Z; X对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
( a9 K7 G. H( Q$ g4 c. |It's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 ]6 E( a. N0 |7 j/ X总是可以问问自己为什么。
% C2 Y3 C0 A1 @( H" ?! bWhy did I start to learn a language?
) f1 T6 o0 B: B6 G为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& Y/ T- ^2 k6 U' d# s! Q1 ?" hWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
" L5 j5 A' a+ iWhy my friend was this person?
* N" ^  Z1 r( n1 [) I1 _为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
0 j" G8 t: s8 j8 l! B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.
& z- j' l: I- i$ q2 T3 l  v& S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。
; ]- d& }; a. x2 x4 w! P/ SI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
  `7 E. s& W8 E+ z& f9 d否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
* `6 x/ k& q, U6 U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. ]7 q( y0 z2 H! ~, C7 P# QWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 G8 G0 y* g, a0 ?. c9 z) ~我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
- Z6 S4 t' G$ b2 Z4 o6 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
# M9 t/ ]8 m% B' I问为什么没什么问题。
% B! V1 r0 O, ?) cIn 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。
; D4 h+ ]& e# `2 P# @; X% `Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is 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？
Did 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？
! C9 R0 j% r: W; P; o+ H; |Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
: j  g9 m, g/ F" P  \5 u你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
& k1 B1 w: [7 F: cWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
' P0 m. M0 B0 l8 f& e7 y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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？