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

' h9 c5 y3 m( T! _- y2 v( C- D记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes 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?
, B2 |% x1 k3 N' z' S5 F# S, b你曾有过这种经历吗？
; w* R/ J  ]+ ^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。
* P) Y2 }2 J* P7 UAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
4 _; l7 X# F) @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。
3 z) Z& I# J2 X3 ~. I) b1 w2 SWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
* z5 L1 N0 j$ U+ q- d" p7 ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 S: y! d/ t3 a5 S* Y% v- p2 }# PThat's a memory problem.
3 Y% z4 s, j1 G# v% e这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
$ B: e& [' |' i7 `* \9 h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？
; G/ ~: j1 n# ]1 W+ w2 n# C( nAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
* q- @" B# Z/ q# \* S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。
+ ~1 z7 T" q1 j  N, mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
" r6 O; z5 [1 k/ q6 XWhy did I start to learn a language?
3 b* K% B. r' A# @) z8 p( U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？
6 ?& p" R; b; z8 NWhy my friend was this person?
0 ?& [. k% O) E6 r9 z+ H为什么我的朋友是这个人？
$ m+ {7 Q) C/ }4 Y. w( |6 P' |& ^Why did I get married?
& y3 r" h; r4 d, A为什么我要结婚？
1 B& |- @, P4 S6 V( j$ J- i* RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# @# {1 F7 T- \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。
2 s4 L& @  E* f% c* @' \I 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
3 K( |6 v3 ^( L, TWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
# m3 ^$ h6 o- C; N1 u6 s4 [We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, X+ V& D" G0 }, d; i* q) q( m! {4 B我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
% |( h/ ?8 ^& Y$ V3 E  g' BThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
1 `8 Q% P" b) G- Y' a0 d4 A0 y2 `问为什么没什么问题。
# P! K# @/ R4 KIn 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。
; e' @) j' s. G8 [/ m% v+ jTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, F" y3 t- ~  y6 t) o+ gIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ y$ ?3 w" q! @% O/ \你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
, y3 d  z+ a1 L1 D( }/ }3 BIs it a kind of distant memory?
7 u' C' N9 }* [& A$ j它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! H2 B* W6 {1 Y9 C* X+ \# F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; g% u4 B: J" DHow 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？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
5 X- r$ w# C9 `5 a& 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？
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？
. Z9 W6 L, S/ }6 \$ A' ~8 VWhat 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？