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
' d# f3 B  ]* H) }: l" ASometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
; Y2 C* V! G+ t0 v  o有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
# h( z# z* G+ r" q, o3 i9 F1 ]Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ B) K8 U( s2 x9 u- @0 NI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ X) h7 @  w: Y* w2 @/ W我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% K" M* E  u& s# I2 w! ]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。
Well, 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。
I guess that counts too.
1 J0 A5 [  {# P! S0 K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？
! r: D* f, e1 ]6 yAt 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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; T; [9 e) A, _% MIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 R" w; s$ R; J. ~总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 c  k& s$ Z: C9 p* lWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
) {' V/ f, J9 {' }3 e( ]& zWhy 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?
9 W% s: u: N* z; j为什么我要结婚？
; `: [: e8 l( P- A" \If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
. }( r* M  e+ ?* @* @  G; i4 N6 d) Y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。
4 A0 _( P; O2 _/ f6 Z1 c/ M2 AI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
' A# l( B+ }0 C$ N8 T4 W- lOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' z* f- d' E  t3 w1 R# C  FWe stop starting. We quit the club.
* N4 G) z. z0 m; ]  Q+ b我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
: L0 ]# p* ]0 b% r: i$ B0 m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
& T% q* c, K* h7 ~: W" h问为什么没什么问题。
, [9 E. v& M% V7 lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
; S' c7 r3 E* C7 n& m# s! D6 x- t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.
# B- U& n0 P7 x7 G/ H0 D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？
: \0 L% y1 i% m2 u( ?- h( o7 S$ sIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
* C; O- C; y$ y" M1 F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
  V7 g2 W% Z. R3 o3 x4 |你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
9 Q+ t6 b5 v2 B( a5 O4 f. i/ A你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 d7 L& F# j2 I: ~) o3 B# ?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?
: E- z! B1 k* ^1 g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？