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

: V) i* O6 Q/ J  a" i3 |. a1 ^  q记住我们为什么做某事
0 X# ?5 c  T  JSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 t$ [, l3 `" c$ v有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
& _0 }5 C$ {' Y你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
& m1 V+ |' Z7 x5 r( S- w( G我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
& B( q% v4 e7 zI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
( c7 c1 K2 |; Y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
# P0 z5 n8 ]( `/ d0 _; G! ^And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 q3 G: S8 |2 }  n# |3 ?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.
* G8 O; Y  Q/ P7 `哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
9 Q: Y" R! n3 |2 f" uI guess that counts too.
/ c* Y5 Y7 J; r" Q我想那很重要。
6 s5 E1 [6 a, RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
- Y* {( e( ^1 z. T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.
, `# T& ~4 g  T: E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。
. Z/ `/ `. D( u, QWhy 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?
% |. W  l* i1 g. b& y, b为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
% z8 U( p! A; h6 b. Z8 m  w/ cWhy 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.
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 k0 u& W) m/ R. yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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.
5 E- q; z5 J) l: s否则很难完成我们所开始的。
" J" \* _( F5 P; O* x) z! Y" ~We stop starting. We quit the club.
2 P1 I, y8 Z" x5 C6 @我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
; J! Y  l1 }: O3 N6 M) _There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
+ S* n0 G# m8 P, m" Y# p3 }In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- v7 M9 L& L6 a+ a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。
4 Y' e) E: ^8 jTalk about it.
4 r/ E7 y7 h: F! {8 Z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？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ p) x+ E. ?  R( L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
  v" `4 s! H/ b: G' X3 wHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
" _! `# ^8 o9 Y' h$ v- D8 T! e2 Z! ?你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
0 t6 C3 G3 e4 h- ]  JDo you write memos?
* ~( j: @. W8 L6 n% R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？
" |0 `. w6 G3 b& r5 C: N: VWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 A0 Z& I8 g3 y6 Y8 {3 l你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？