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
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记住我们为什么做某事
3 y0 a& G3 l/ jSometimes 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。
! v$ u3 ]: D/ s( _  V. eHave you ever done that?
, d! b% B- A) h你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
5 O& `' B4 L% Z8 @& j9 I我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% f/ O6 v9 |" T+ b% Q, Q, sI 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.
' C+ y' e9 g/ ?# k哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
3 ?8 e0 s8 z1 k1 f# yThat's a memory problem.
7 f% j" {" q' N) N3 j这是一个记忆问题。
5 ]8 _# l* {  R$ U7 Y4 mI guess that counts too.
3 q2 r; g( v. z9 B我想那很重要。
7 Z! g2 x9 c9 N5 D% ~+ o0 v" @But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ E4 _. {- t$ c, A) 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？
, g- ]+ z# i' F5 l$ YAt 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。
, z( h( g  Z7 c) S. D. g% Q# v" c. GFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 e$ D/ i) n: L0 }  B对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
7 }6 R. `0 V& W. ~8 h( lIt'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?
- k  p' E& ?  p* a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？
* u5 I7 x" w4 s" ]- y% NWhy did I get married?
- Z- R. M. z' ]' B为什么我要结婚？
" J3 w# x1 V+ ?6 G1 d) p7 ?" NIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 n: L0 t9 `7 c' C9 J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。
$ X2 f$ Q) G) d! _: cOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
8 l* |% P' }  Q. S否则很难完成我们所开始的。
4 G0 G; R" r1 V1 GWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
' z, ~0 s2 p4 U3 PThere'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.
& Q# \% z9 s* _6 r0 `) w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?
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?
0 x6 a6 j; v1 d% U. w+ W- o它是一种遥远的记忆？
2 K+ N' i# n' f- ?' {Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
. A! J# H4 O3 \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？
Do you write memos?
7 H$ j: C' |) P- p) O- J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？
) ~+ X8 i  R2 |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
- l- ]$ E5 ^- h3 f( m$ `2 |* l还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
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？