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

$ e. n! ~8 q: D  s7 Q记住我们为什么做某事
: @+ c$ h  ^. p9 S; q+ tSometimes 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。
" |) W5 K: I+ X/ }: V6 }Have you ever done that?
  u7 I3 X5 I9 W& O6 y8 @你曾有过这种经历吗？
* f0 \2 J% @3 B6 k1 nI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
! H+ t. e  L" S9 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.
2 b8 a& G6 o. [* k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。
( k% l0 z1 d" k% {( iWell, 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.
; x9 s# c3 I4 T1 ]& g( @4 \) H这是一个记忆问题。
: Q# \1 ~/ F* z; v- a; ]% X! Z7 XI guess that counts too.
8 p: G7 W: B) D0 S) u3 k9 @我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
, \6 H4 F; b, F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？
0 j4 M% q( {! @At one point, there was a reason we do something.
6 p7 M# C" w  H+ f; f3 W9 D1 L在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
" o9 j/ ], m8 {8 dFor 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。
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?
& O2 e0 B' O9 m为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
1 @( Q, ]& d# R: c- S$ Z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
5 @/ {# x9 L0 z7 y( l为什么我的朋友是这个人？
' a+ I% @! s2 `" xWhy 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。
, T7 q* C/ b8 N1 dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
) q# j0 o1 D! E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.
( r4 K. q3 h  S1 O7 I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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
2 }6 y+ o( \* {2 c( I+ V  Q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.
1 S* n( D' D* |$ d! l* i" _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?
7 z  @2 N1 H8 u1 W6 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 N# e" J) e6 J2 Q- `Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
8 t* r3 l( ]# s5 R$ I4 A& YHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! b% B0 G% [% Y. l$ O: h2 f7 A  B你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
1 K/ E! K' B. i! e% e( K# \0 kDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
% G, |4 h% U. w* `1 |: f! B6 s! j( x# i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
# U, F3 e7 g8 q! N. a, |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？
' P- u( |- k+ A. s% WWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
' f; `* Y9 P7 p7 J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？