# [! w4 c2 x# u# w8 ~记住我们为什么做某事+ C7 L* H' z" G3 f0 O2 x, [
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.- ^/ @/ T/ b- A7 Q! ~
有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。+ S& z) f. D4 G( \ y
Have you ever done that?1 R; B) A* W2 j% _$ R; m( u" r1 T% x7 z
你曾有过这种经历吗?. f" o% g. ?* ?1 }6 f% @' Y
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.! w8 O- Y# ~/ ]$ M
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。 ; l0 _* ~# A# U% NI have called someone because I want to tell them something. - c* g% _5 `/ e* r+ a我曾经打电话给某人,因为我想告诉他们什么。3 _4 h+ U2 M: Y
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 3 f6 H4 H5 E. f. X- Y5 g; s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。 ' E& H8 f/ ~( j% B: B( YWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. 7 h- n! J8 u* V# U哦,我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 F5 g8 {0 Z6 k$ p, G/ lThat's a memory problem. # g. o( V4 W! P1 |$ q! L: H- P: k+ q这是一个记忆问题。. N; s7 ~& J5 [0 K; o- M
I guess that counts too. ( S6 H' q' w1 F+ j. V( M0 X我想那很重要。: I( @) G8 y$ h$ z0 t% B q
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?- m- w3 f+ G! B! d& X9 ?3 _7 j
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?: s2 z9 Z4 @) q/ B) x
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 7 R+ e$ @: D& B在某一个时期, 我们做某事会有一个理由。 3 E E8 g' r9 R% }, [For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason., n! U6 ~9 v) m
对于长期项目,我们需要提醒自己原因。 " N; u8 a1 f' w1 X( ^It's always could to ask ourselves why. 6 u4 H, R" x$ I; V' f9 C总是可以问问自己为什么。7 s" Y- R5 N* r; \7 x
Why did I start to learn a language? 1 M9 v; y% l) M0 Y8 l2 T* Y0 V为什么我开始学习一种语言?2 G# b" q* T, s$ s o5 [ r' W$ M8 `
Why did I join this club?- i. o% d3 D1 H/ M
为什么我加入这个俱乐部?+ x* A) P) h5 q @- ]
Why my friend was this person?" c% F+ N+ J0 g9 u! Z: ?
为什么我的朋友是这个人?. L/ u% Q1 C, g) r/ ^- K: R9 C
Why did I get married?3 n$ ?3 o& h: F6 t5 W
为什么我要结婚?% C& u+ z8 [% m& t7 Y+ o
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.2 ?4 ^# H3 U0 @1 W
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。 ' O# V F/ P0 j8 l+ c4 G; RI think we need indeed remind us of why.: P" L. O8 C4 K; l
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。0 _. C( S2 h3 a) R5 p ?9 s, q
Or else it's tough to finish what we started., H }: z$ @4 g4 u; m
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 & l$ b4 j7 s0 |0 G. G, |We stop starting. We quit the club. 4 A& Z5 D6 p! v' u) M/ |0 [0 [$ U我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 m7 z; p) z t. K9 N
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. : B: G9 w( P' k我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 & I& z! ^7 }7 Y2 q; Y: \& c% Q, ^There's nothing wrong with asking why. ( g8 z' Q* e/ n+ Z. N, I问为什么没什么问题。 1 l' ?- q! `9 P2 a8 \In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ; Z/ _6 n. U, A; A( q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。' I6 c: _: t& K# t1 v4 W6 b( P' J5 v
Talk about it.! S# L8 l9 C- t7 [7 F3 ~
谈论下面的话题: 7 H8 i6 b8 a5 p, u( Q* z0 a" U, ]Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? % `& W3 h$ i+ ]你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗? $ Q! t: a( S2 V ~4 m4 GIs it a kind of distant memory?: r+ D& l+ {( H
它是一种遥远的记忆?( X& t* a0 z! H4 s5 B
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 8 z' i* x3 x1 @" n6 K你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… & H/ h; Q; l. L! j) X; CHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? - B5 j2 W( @1 u3 I; s你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗? , p6 X( A. n6 [8 v7 ]% HDo you write memos? ; Y6 F2 \% T$ R# T你写备忘录吗?6 {3 C' P5 ~5 \* O6 o/ o, }$ o
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?: R3 k, a& b" z) B M( P
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 d0 H3 k# }3 V% j! a" {) F4 {What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?9 @! x6 O2 Y7 t) K( e( W) l# G U/ A* w
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗? 2 `8 J) A: r9 t8 CWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?4 N; D' |7 P* _3 m4 m4 d) g7 @! _
你看到认识的某人,却忘记了名字,这种情况下你会怎么办?