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
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记住我们为什么做某事
' H) _1 j* R  R1 [, L) `Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 R5 C* l$ v; |% `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？
2 O/ D. o' A. Z1 _8 ]6 v$ f5 [I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
/ B, S6 j3 y8 x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.
6 z0 C7 f6 x* t5 R- v! s' j+ m我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; |  Z$ e5 Y' |And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ ]5 |3 S/ ^* v' H$ 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。
" `9 J: _: d0 u6 X& Y; R6 R* p+ aWell, 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.
- u5 g, L3 U. O% x; k, g0 \这是一个记忆问题。
' p3 d4 V% _0 O9 VI guess that counts too.
3 r- Z% d/ B. |7 Q, h: z9 e我想那很重要。
0 x/ P% ]1 Y0 y7 kBut 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？
# G  E7 ?. ]0 a5 b9 c! }At one point, there was a reason we do something.
# `) l6 l0 f5 b0 {- s( C! U* Q7 a在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" H/ j3 z, s: T7 |2 qFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
  `2 w' s: J' i, k4 q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
- q0 ^4 B2 I+ IIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
! V: L, b- L" P' ?. w0 [Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 x3 L+ e+ \& X2 I0 Z: P4 BWhy did I join this club?
0 a" S5 {1 z! ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
8 U6 J- \0 F) A' F为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
% W: @, ~& i3 j, t7 l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.
! t4 h' i; z% `: Y* k& u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。
; |1 \' B' N+ v1 _Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
  m$ E; I' O  z" F6 V2 tWe stop starting. We quit the club.
+ {6 Q  q" b$ b  T: m( q% }: M我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 Y# \7 x( S( B( ]2 YWe 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。
& f+ m& H/ m; u0 T% vThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
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.
4 y/ E% r/ R* W% i  n3 x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.
( {: ?+ c2 {" M谈论下面的话题：
4 ?! X/ M) j, }1 `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？
" ~3 j' \* O$ MDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
, T, p$ G& I. P& ^; }& |7 @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" d) V1 K& J1 GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 [9 b; z$ M3 t( e- j7 |6 N: P你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 z# W8 q* j6 N9 hDo you write memos?
4 w4 V" A' d, V& g你写备忘录吗？
- Q! d3 s1 E: L6 q- F% z# ADoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- x+ Y: B+ _- {4 J4 |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?
4 X  }+ I4 f% h% B2 X1 K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？