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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
$ S: u6 w4 Z* @# h: k. d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
3 z8 \% C2 g7 `7 S你曾有过这种经历吗？
$ v1 D" ]' e; X  f" MI'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。
9 }2 r( Y( }1 i5 ?- u  E; F& ?+ ZI 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。
7 E  Z( S7 K9 Z/ g& y  gAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
- R; C- w( H9 P: U" a) O3 z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.
5 Y! n4 |& T. _# u8 w* A# M# n, ~哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
. a* w1 V: R; Q: r7 L- c) S, Y这是一个记忆问题。
7 W# e7 M* B# H1 |I guess that counts too.
+ _8 J8 A$ [$ m( J. f我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( `# D8 N: M4 B9 s) g/ a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.
/ s9 n6 G  \' |4 ?6 O: a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.
- v$ e+ H& x! \% \对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
7 u- x3 q0 Z( a6 j0 f# KIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: Z1 y: n, R1 q/ {- K2 d( g总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
+ Y0 q* |8 p! l$ {- I/ T) t1 |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？
, j, D9 F6 y. ZWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 m! w. w1 g5 d7 b. C' VWhy did I get married?
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。
8 e0 S9 Y7 v3 X+ U) ]I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! f) ^2 A& `7 N3 f5 U$ }- fOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
6 J; b; s. x- ^9 V) t( a5 JWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
' Q/ H  v, P+ B( R+ Z6 f( `/ d7 ~We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
, }8 f  p  p$ a. y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.
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.
% Z/ o5 s1 f/ V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。
( G0 k) k. C/ |6 Z) [Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
2 D; o* v. R( |$ k) u/ dIs 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？
6 l+ A+ P3 H" c/ z7 e) bDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
; x' v1 H: {# u8 y' r( o8 ~你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
1 U! V! J- ]& R$ tHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 m5 s) c. i6 D% J% r; @; u% WDo you write memos?
) `6 d) K( t2 d3 O* n4 s你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
9 m& C& t( o" N6 l* E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？
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？