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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
5 w3 U" ]# T, N- M- b1 F1 {有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
5 `$ G/ Y9 C6 @& L( v: _你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 K; O6 B5 R: Y6 V, E- I; ]# u% HI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
1 c" N/ r3 n. w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。
" |6 G& ~4 f2 f1 h8 ~And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 i/ o1 u  p: f+ [3 i4 I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。
. P8 O. p2 B5 U0 |6 X+ LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; H3 ?" @# N; v1 n哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
5 a. z7 t# m. w7 sThat's a memory problem.
" ~. g( S! n  ~( W5 \- ?& S这是一个记忆问题。
/ H  ]0 X) e3 M; I4 R$ A2 UI guess that counts too.
8 M5 O/ U5 m6 C$ p( a) f0 Y我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 n0 m" J9 P  ~; i8 b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.
: V! k- M1 m8 f( U$ G) e3 y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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
4 E3 P7 ^: }3 q. N) l) oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
) D$ D8 N" A" P6 VWhy did I start to learn a language?
" d$ D, e& W: }3 A2 v; y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
  V3 M  g8 F' g2 c% ?* b" x) EWhy did I join this club?
* @$ j$ M- [+ v+ @7 ~/ c- l$ f' r为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
, h% E. v; {% b6 ^3 E" v2 d! \为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
# I' Z0 M7 ]* E. S3 N- U. y& RIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
2 G: G# F7 ?8 h' I* |2 X1 o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.
; @2 T5 V4 N; o: L; [我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 E) S6 @$ E6 \! {% POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
: {% \  p! `' I* O3 u6 g( ^" m: Y否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
" k. X' }7 m6 u* K! O2 K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ z, _4 G: |* P4 k4 E  s/ rWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
1 b8 {! m; M# s4 A' 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.
" F1 U1 ^' O- d- `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.
$ A) y9 |# t. F, L0 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。
2 P+ ~, L9 z2 ~. {8 Y" v+ BTalk about it.
) }  I! w; Z% R( f) B; |7 w谈论下面的话题：
# z. \$ R; l1 M: J1 r) I. L" L$ NIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
, g' J! Z7 {4 O* [& _' }, _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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
% a8 }+ q( s* x& v6 gHow 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?
' c  c2 C5 J+ A5 Q- y你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& p& i6 a! |" D0 r3 d' I, o你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
9 G( ]7 q9 w" k9 w: GWhat 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？
% g1 y8 M( ]4 r) fWhat 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？