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
2 z) m! m% q1 I0 r$ PSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
( y& S, m  @+ W: Q! i; I: _有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
( D" e( }1 f$ Q5 g4 f7 bHave you ever done that?
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。
6 j( `5 S4 M6 I# [) x. ?5 {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。
7 @: U+ f! \1 }Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
! g4 W8 w; e# q* ]( G0 @4 W/ ]哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
) W/ q7 I4 o% c3 \0 L- S' }9 _That's a memory problem.
% O5 Q& J. `7 j这是一个记忆问题。
( [: U; V6 v( }9 PI guess that counts too.
. y% O. _) q: R' f$ ?  T" u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？
( e4 ]$ V6 `* a2 P# o2 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。
. E1 o: i) h$ J$ QFor 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。
2 W9 x  ~- o* w- x8 E: [, sIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
9 ]7 Y) b, d1 k: w' |' K& c4 g6 Z6 r7 CWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 E1 [) d8 ^4 S* Y) l# R为什么我开始学习一种语言？
2 L  k# A5 _. e& c* Y0 yWhy did I join this club?
* I7 h" j( ^. y  o( T# |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?
为什么我要结婚？
! H$ Q. _! B- S) Q) [If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
- L2 b7 Y5 D6 n4 f: F: Z+ L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。
5 x7 b4 L' N7 h1 J  [/ v3 fOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
6 C) ?& L3 ?. r2 c否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% c8 V) P& a7 `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
8 f5 O6 ]2 ~' {( F3 HWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 c% [% C% o. F# \0 @& nThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 Z1 A, q3 ]& P& N" E9 K5 F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。
Talk about it.
4 j2 |' o3 ~9 J! `8 H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...
8 V, `% c" D) x! C5 m$ G6 q! \( u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' c2 I8 j/ i7 |) L& `. n2 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
& h+ l9 S3 k2 V, F) d7 f+ ?2 I你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 T) z0 o1 j) Q4 O$ ]  b" EDo you write memos?
, i# Z, D' F# Q: R- U# m' Y, S你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 `9 @, }% c" X2 p$ v你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
# K1 L0 k& g% Q& j' nWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
. o, M- g+ l+ k9 \) R% F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?
5 [( u$ w& p) z! J4 `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？