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

0 r3 A$ ?1 {' W) Z$ y$ p* w: i记住我们为什么做某事
3 r2 f% P8 ?( T# W& ]9 m) t8 K# JSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 n; K: T' f" T+ y2 W- z有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
) Y' Z8 ?1 o6 u1 G: Z9 X+ T8 IHave 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。
  D9 n& q2 Q" e7 ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
! V. s+ U) V( E5 U, P9 t5 i: N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。
7 ]. j7 U% P% C6 w3 PWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( n9 H3 ~5 l( w- L% Z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.
1 ^' D2 c: q; h. r4 i6 W4 Q我想那很重要。
- h9 M! {/ W6 NBut 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？
- |  m8 ?! K0 T) L% u1 MAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
' s, c4 s- N' }1 A( f' [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.
) K4 O- E& z- Z% Y  V; R对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
) t/ F$ @" Q1 j总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
7 f: m9 ]& G& |8 v- }* |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?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
+ Q& ]* Z7 y6 J- Q* GWhy did I get married?
0 K! N( C$ c+ I, c为什么我要结婚？
6 z6 D3 |+ P' s8 y8 OIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
% I! C! L- }% ?+ Z0 I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。
8 P% `' d- F$ P( }% T9 SI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
, ?1 f; {( S7 C, W4 mWe 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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
. G) s# I) I+ @" A6 s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.
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。
# h; b! u- L, ^Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( h2 r- d$ O9 O0 n( \9 a6 x$ X. V" _Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
. i; m' p8 w" Z- X5 Z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?
( w9 C, n% N8 r) }* T% f* o5 `9 Y它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' Z" ~; {) |: w) ]$ X/ F  L你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
5 z+ u1 {; ^7 g! Q你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
8 T! _  q# V8 KDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
8 h3 ?5 M8 D. DDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
& `/ A$ u4 U, S8 ?0 P8 t你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
6 D" U- j, C; [' eWhat 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？
5 R% k% R$ ~8 Z6 gWhat 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？