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
4 b/ d$ @% M1 H0 Y" U& E3 f- F/ TSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 _9 c% w" H1 i0 m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？
; y) |0 U4 F7 N+ u5 kI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
6 R, b, c/ v" K  `9 j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。
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。
+ W- Z4 @3 E" d; ^That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
- U+ T/ X  _2 H! ~& h0 ^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.
, X9 ~6 c; a6 R' \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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
, T# H( u: j# zIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
9 X- t5 [1 I, e& d总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
) i' O( D" x6 b' x$ [, a% j; x为什么我开始学习一种语言？
' a! T/ s' f9 k* {* j1 L: G8 eWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
& E7 O8 D* F6 [. @4 U2 M3 \Why my friend was this person?
. U3 ~  p" C) Q  l0 t" C为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
8 H6 G, t# j6 @* i* J9 H, J# C为什么我要结婚？
& B3 V, Y3 A/ v% J" T3 L- a' \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。
2 h9 p* |0 o) A0 S1 k3 iI think we need indeed remind us of why.
& X7 y" d9 s. O) P3 g. u我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or 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.
( v. b; l9 ]) W我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 H# `9 ~( W5 U/ p& d( j3 P2 N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.
6 d, C' F% Z( j8 b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.
7 e/ R1 [4 Q: z% V$ ^. e8 N! c谈论下面的话题：
. \% z7 P+ o5 @+ t2 }& YIs 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？
2 w% |/ K- }5 gDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 k6 r! r2 Y& }# X; J  ?你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. m! X2 I  t. ?* H. }) x9 ~& ~& xHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. O3 t& P- s& o  o你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
% i" j5 ^2 g0 H" u: [2 [Do you write memos?
4 v6 |0 q& `! F& D+ Y! w你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
1 i" B! M* z2 [: w0 O/ LWhat 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？
0 Z% h" h6 t, |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？