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
: f2 I' B1 x0 |2 x" I- |7 [% JSometimes 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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
' G" s+ [0 ^- H2 d' W$ gI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 e. \0 q) ?5 S) ~3 ?  F我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: ~. g$ ]! x0 H8 ^% Y9 wI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) D! M& H: p% d2 n0 p+ X4 L- [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
  x1 W0 ?; ~+ a3 `And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
% m, a8 y5 A1 R# a# o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.
0 }  p# Y- _# V4 }4 g6 z; U3 x4 Z. u哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
- N9 \5 `5 w+ K) E9 {+ hThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
+ N4 k) h; c9 Z$ b# GI guess that counts too.
2 a* j8 {$ K. S5 n我想那很重要。
7 M! b( V: k0 G* _; EBut 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。
( l) p9 J/ f3 B% Y$ j2 ]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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
& Z8 c) N  K( m$ m& @! m- aWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
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？
Why did I get married?
! h; R) n  ^  D& b6 y( |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。
) m+ B9 A8 x3 M/ u" nI think we need indeed remind us of why.
; h' f# Y: \& z9 b7 k6 V我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
7 f; N& i7 D( y( t4 BOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
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。
- L5 T/ M0 i  A7 ?* t5 w0 ZWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 u1 `" y& y" ~% P$ A9 E; Q我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) O$ a8 P& G2 a+ o1 j* FThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: ]4 M7 F6 @7 R( U! i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.
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。
2 ^2 n5 }: K' K$ {9 o4 aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( Q4 R4 _  @7 ^! M4 |Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
: O- w8 K: y; G* `' N( [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？
2 k8 u7 g  k7 h- }# n' s, nDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ t6 x6 y( k: E  z. aHow 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?
; D4 R  g/ X+ H3 |$ M: M你写备忘录吗？
' v0 F) M& U" }3 t0 Z: {- ADoes 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？
/ @9 {' Y" \7 S' ]What 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
  D7 a- }4 p1 X你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？