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
, p" g, P) n* ?  q+ Q% ]6 USometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
" A, Q: D8 V, ^- e3 c7 @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？
; v- Y2 C0 ]/ T: L1 q: d8 ~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。
- T/ W9 X1 i9 ~  B9 L- E2 E8 [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。
1 L; L- B4 I5 e& T7 u! H7 QThat's a memory problem.
0 [# `- X  B& }) r; t! T/ u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?
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.
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.
) \' ]9 f" n5 H- c* ?, \4 U对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
1 Y, [7 l8 Q, q! c! IIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
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？
Why my friend was this person?
8 _2 k% j% L; _为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
! g6 g7 U6 X8 ~* h/ ?0 @% UIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
# G) G  r3 u* c  |, b* ]* B5 g) ^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。
' B+ m0 ^6 E1 g2 y! V' m$ {I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
. B/ a9 w9 k- G' i* t4 b- u1 fOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% @; [- F5 {4 b4 Z3 v3 |, ?7 o6 m否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ X, x) e. R/ C; b$ h0 j1 a* cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
3 \/ ~  k0 w( B- q我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  ]( ~: U% P9 ]& G7 M8 PWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
+ f, e8 J8 r! N8 x+ G- @* u  i* qIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
. Y9 b. S, s0 X8 |( g' N' P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.
% q) L- I5 \2 l谈论下面的话题：
# Q1 g: E3 x$ j' Z! _  R- R7 eIs 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？
( q8 W/ C  F( J: S8 @' S+ D/ jIs it a kind of distant memory?
" L, l$ U/ k. C  G, m9 k9 @3 g它是一种遥远的记忆？
( p% t) J4 R2 }8 `; C1 JDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# B2 }7 M, F3 V4 r; @- ZHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 ~% c7 W" B8 Z  b( D( R' ]. xDo you write memos?
% X& [# U0 a6 _$ E# `/ s你写备忘录吗？
  w2 D" X* ]$ W0 D9 r8 E4 GDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
7 o* U  Q% |$ Q* l/ R" [What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
( p+ R) R- ^) B; J1 I5 Y  k还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
; G- @) ~; z" C3 p: @6 f% \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？