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
$ S' J- x, l' W8 g6 H/ B- ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% E! C& d1 ~$ p9 d. d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？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
0 n' Q2 v* M# x, A7 _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
3 B: Y$ \" D9 o$ L1 TI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 G" T6 A0 D9 @$ B( o1 G, @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。
9 J! c, v3 a! e" ?  O* ^: _8 sThat's a memory problem.
" N; P$ S  b0 P( o  S2 ]  l这是一个记忆问题。
( W3 Y' C$ ]1 N# h$ I; f& m, oI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
7 \6 X# n2 W* {( jBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
7 ^; V6 {3 b& h  c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？
. J! J  e: l& w) kAt 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。
$ [" C1 ]0 J$ m5 b2 wFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
$ p7 [0 }  Q% ]" J6 x对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
* p; K6 f# h: a& xIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
4 G: L# a3 p5 E6 h) V; {总是可以问问自己为什么。
$ o" z$ e( Q" B# z  @Why did I start to learn a language?
$ X! B" D& i: ?1 M  P) l. }为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  U1 M0 t) ^1 BWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, n/ l1 ?. _) @Why my friend was this person?
2 R/ w) e. p- k: I( t' i为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 @3 r$ ]- f/ u3 S1 oWhy did I get married?
5 _/ a5 s) L0 @为什么我要结婚？
7 u4 C( L! M$ y: i# W  p& A. U. o0 wIf 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。
9 x3 |6 K# r# b/ f5 t* XI think we need indeed remind us of why.
4 D+ R4 E, _6 H# }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 o. n/ P! R6 @8 B. s& aOr 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.
+ G6 n8 A0 {; Y! h. h6 |! ~7 X我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
: c7 b0 n" S! J  B( M# K& }9 AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
! {; }1 u! L  a9 d1 i  t: ?我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
: o+ }) `- i; h7 i# ~* ~4 xThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
& y# V: G" {$ X% p) x, rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: Z$ h, O% A6 o5 ]& C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.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- Z4 \- ?1 h+ z) N9 v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?
# j5 j3 C1 I9 I  h8 B它是一种遥远的记忆？
, |0 w: j2 c, v3 c- ]. hDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% D1 c4 e( g. p: ~* @" _How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. S$ T2 {) e3 l8 e2 G你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
- I( y* E* _2 K) O# w( C6 n6 N% Q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？
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？
6 u4 H4 o; u% p% t3 K6 MWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
0 n: H0 @/ u" d, _你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？