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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
# W* `0 X3 a/ d# Q/ x+ i有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 I( B7 E$ B, a你曾有过这种经历吗？
- d5 G* s4 }6 W  b9 c$ s6 rI'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。
, P$ M2 t) @  z7 v$ EAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
, s# \( g! _! S% d. q* {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。
2 O9 |0 i/ q5 h' g& [  Q4 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ V' `& ^, \+ L0 r$ _+ fI guess that counts too.
; f* o$ T  V: _+ g/ S4 M我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 x8 D' R" P0 V1 N4 E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？
: f% h2 ^; `0 _$ P8 B2 p9 mAt 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.
% a8 R% s' l/ L9 M, w* Z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- P9 J% g% j3 }$ \7 A, j9 I总是可以问问自己为什么。
, k- ]! e8 F2 b4 y) O  }Why did I start to learn a language?
$ m/ ^: D% A6 O" a% F3 J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" H! ]7 K' A: i5 {% L" m5 CWhy did I join this club?
6 X9 N2 f) z* u' b" ~! E为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
/ l( K% [" @/ |Why did I get married?
0 ^7 n: l' w6 [- w# R为什么我要结婚？
% t& z- B& R! F8 HIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
) A' R/ m8 w- O3 s4 A3 }; u+ A; 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 }& E& e4 s: n' q" B) XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
* I/ J1 {4 @0 F/ r否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ G; u/ S& p2 Z" n% KWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
. K% f% N2 {- N2 a1 ?1 {We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( H2 q( D( D4 u( f% Y) |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
+ v+ `/ k7 n: G& g% s3 A+ B. OThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
; I( p6 I, k' [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.
. ~, K( t) }* {' P$ |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。
( Z: `5 k  B. mTalk about it.
& b+ W/ Z# M) A0 R谈论下面的话题：
2 A- b. [- `  Q* r# H1 bIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
& j5 w  W5 e) R你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
5 G) D* y$ d# }& }- G3 vIs it a kind of distant memory?
1 u/ f5 t- |. ~: w+ [: A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？
) h& W9 |$ z- EDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
7 A  c7 L- P/ K- t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?
" g6 d. @) N( H0 S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?
9 V- E. a; l  B4 R. V$ d你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？