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.
1 Z0 }" @0 S- U! ^有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
7 o- k8 ?/ o8 E# O2 Z, {Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ ?; z! M/ q0 f+ DI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
8 V* E; b" s( y  [' Y我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
7 q: N; {& {5 XI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
. g% Y# N6 {" v- y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.
2 b6 l+ h4 N6 g6 W% 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。
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。
7 I. I# X- d6 ^! C- PThat's a memory problem.
$ X4 j7 X6 z2 \/ ^1 E* _* ?3 |0 w+ Q这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
: \( `6 a' k& i  t8 E4 oBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
0 t1 ^4 ^' C4 T. I; M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.
! a4 m8 p8 j6 ^  f: v" ^# V2 E  j7 G: t对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It'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?
- ^6 e" Z# t% G; h4 P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？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
! _7 }" y0 d+ V2 F. e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。
3 f& x9 g0 u8 ]( S& N! `0 C  yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) b! \. l/ J6 \1 @" |3 P我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
  `7 B# r# v& d+ j* COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 p# w9 {/ Y: V- m* P# ^我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 R" B5 F+ P9 |我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
. a) N8 Z7 U$ ~7 u8 z! lThere'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.
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。
& M3 c3 y/ f1 t8 ]% s6 UTalk about it.
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？
3 Z; i. _$ z( x' {- c0 I: Y6 I/ qIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
4 g/ o- a% N" P4 mDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
2 w) R7 U8 ]! m8 u你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
) }" n* S; f: a& g! K) C( rHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
+ L% I0 C  j. B2 LDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" n& V  Q7 V; u4 x. ~7 R你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
, H+ E' Y7 ^  K# cWhat 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？
( t- h) B1 V4 Y( yWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
1 ^+ A/ L2 U0 G* ]. E' i1 @你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？