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
- X  y( j, M. A8 Y- bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' F- }8 ]" w8 O/ H+ J9 j8 J: yI 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。
/ c7 i; M3 a+ W* ~+ }$ x% y+ nAnd 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。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
$ b7 n# y  P8 N9 w! R9 |7 X: ^, X我想那很重要。
" A5 }5 c7 v$ [5 YBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% L2 ^9 O$ G  k, 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？
9 j3 l3 E; \( b) H! }8 IAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
2 A. q* u1 w! w对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
; W6 c/ w& X( Z, n, m  v( h为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ ~# a% }* {# _+ p; b2 R5 aWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
4 g1 O: u( i# u1 E6 P: I9 bWhy did I get married?
4 j& u' Q! U: P! I8 J0 N7 @为什么我要结婚？
8 G$ b5 k: L6 R3 Y3 ^4 i5 bIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
9 C$ q3 l) K+ `' ~  X; M/ c: G否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
( d5 `' Q' f1 `我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
9 y/ b8 P( P8 c' s" e5 J我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
, ~/ E9 K2 _$ d8 a! a6 e问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
5 k- ^: e3 x/ C* M/ C0 c8 f事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。
Talk about it.
# B  X. ?; ^+ |: I; M, `谈论下面的话题：
5 z" b/ L* I* d. O+ r+ UIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
6 m9 F; Z! b: m7 c% @Is it a kind of distant memory?
9 o' w+ C+ U+ U4 [0 J它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
9 s3 \) [* ?7 p+ d1 R4 N1 O8 l- n  SDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* d' v+ l) ^- u' n$ |) U* q! ~你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
4 j8 l8 T7 `( z% e1 JWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 f1 a$ }$ C. J% e0 I. z) o还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
' t; a' }* r, b! d7 uWhat 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？