美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

2452790809

Remembering why we are doing something
0 w; m$ q/ x' @" Y7 ]6 q
# v4 p1 G- b& ?5 ~记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
4 H- r! y( ?# T8 P% l  y- }5 M6 K有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' R3 I* Q, _! O( S) ~9 _Have you ever done that?
/ M: C$ k. i& M( b/ C4 Q( ~' i你曾有过这种经历吗？
7 L# ~* G7 L0 v* gI'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。
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.
1 e- D9 ?2 M6 v) I# P! H! p4 @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.
+ D) c' t: M( U) G  Q  J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。
- X3 T! F8 G5 t+ B& w0 NI guess that counts too.
. X* l  r7 Z" a; G4 Y6 m5 L% X7 D我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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.
5 D9 r$ r$ }8 M; H在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
* N1 y9 _" w- V6 tFor 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。
7 _0 i( e/ c7 T- lIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
* p* B! A1 K" X) P2 c6 h  I+ `3 O" `Why did I start to learn a language?
* g5 Q$ B2 P# F7 S8 C* @% a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？
Why my friend was this person?
5 L! H! l- z3 c4 L$ D! z* o; H* W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。
( V$ l! K9 Z/ G+ s8 C  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.
! E- N% N* n& X; |" Q否则很难完成我们所开始的。
$ k; t" I7 q4 w1 j1 `We stop starting. We quit the club.
  n& Z) y1 U; c# E1 j. T  |我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
" Q) }4 }# z4 t# Y9 jWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
" C$ E8 [  m/ [% t$ d8 X+ a) q9 A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.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 L, G: N# [( R# X. S# ]9 M2 [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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.
. ^# ~0 S0 t  Z! O+ O. ~谈论下面的话题：
4 z6 [6 P5 q5 W8 ?5 S% _; DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
/ E* E% ~( {6 [! Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
2 B) B( [' u' ]: C$ ?+ WIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
) h9 t# ~6 l  _4 M- s5 K你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
! c$ f, C2 j# x5 P3 o你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
) s* ^; a" B5 k6 SDo you write memos?
/ n7 B$ Z) F$ p2 m你写备忘录吗？
4 ]! d7 m2 L& S* Y4 gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 v8 V2 z; d5 w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?
% a3 r8 s1 c& L8 d# ^/ Y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？