8 \5 C" R* ^/ ]' I记住我们为什么做某事! k2 T7 i# C/ F
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 1 x" X6 _$ e* b% e% U有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。 ! U/ s& t0 d6 w3 h; s8 YHave you ever done that?/ R8 E: n* b5 {) V7 z/ b, k
你曾有过这种经历吗? 4 p4 B- b7 E) I) V& n8 T+ rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 1 [* I* H. y( c* C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。 / X q4 |3 B5 `( f/ e! ~I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 2 A, ^ Z# _/ R6 T$ l$ a* N+ w我曾经打电话给某人,因为我想告诉他们什么。 3 {; p0 D; I* a# ^2 g" CAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular./ Q3 Y" \) e" P
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。 8 b2 S2 }* v3 `. M7 b, ?+ DWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.- B! f1 y! Q# a8 Z" W
哦,我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。7 N4 f+ }9 f$ E% }2 Y
That's a memory problem. 1 q5 q& x) F& x2 E: [- {这是一个记忆问题。" C e7 j Z. L+ c# c
I guess that counts too.% x4 Q; c/ d; z$ c" B
我想那很重要。 " c2 L& a7 P( O Q& X/ [: JBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?3 K. t; ?9 r6 p2 }
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?) r! x) h% }/ c$ t: J& P# W
At one point, there was a reason we do something. + u$ i" p+ \1 s; D5 R6 G在某一个时期, 我们做某事会有一个理由。! V' ^+ m! N* H$ H. b4 ^5 b0 u
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.& W+ j* z2 I& }
对于长期项目,我们需要提醒自己原因。 & A% W# p+ n5 v u6 W) gIt's always could to ask ourselves why.4 @5 f8 j; A, B& s
总是可以问问自己为什么。+ q$ a' g0 F* {
Why did I start to learn a language? ; j3 ~" z6 @7 C' L: Y( Q为什么我开始学习一种语言? 1 p1 a8 N% Q' U! MWhy did I join this club? 7 ~! h1 D- O8 G+ i3 q为什么我加入这个俱乐部? 7 i$ ^% @" ~; |Why my friend was this person? / n& b9 k7 f1 f! P3 d8 Y. V& @$ Y4 J2 {1 K为什么我的朋友是这个人? ) d3 U K$ @, O' ~7 H# L' [, N0 Y) RWhy did I get married?% n4 x- ~. ~" a
为什么我要结婚? ! ~3 i( V1 c, y$ C, V' v2 nIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.( ~: V7 Y* l. ]/ q
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。1 }3 z2 r: V" a# P7 Y& p
I think we need indeed remind us of why.6 N7 N( v* W- E. I6 N+ ~7 I5 z
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 }$ O' ?. t* _( Y
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. + R r% ]9 M" b. G. z否则很难完成我们所开始的。* u3 C. U4 q, n! n/ R5 A' A8 l9 H
We stop starting. We quit the club. , Y. ?4 I* O5 O i4 y6 c4 o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。1 [3 s: G0 m5 P9 x7 c
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. - G" D- r6 M! E0 r3 Z* n我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 & {' a) I4 X: F* pThere's nothing wrong with asking why. * V' b2 S. J E问为什么没什么问题。 % R4 j0 s: k2 s1 T! j, G: G* zIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.' Y6 B+ V) ]% U; U+ `* ?, P
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。. ?; P- K" H$ {" y
Talk about it. . r e) H: P: o e7 {$ ^谈论下面的话题: + ~, z! s* s' n% {7 h5 EIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?, \ A, D& ^+ }
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗?/ k. f, W6 ^! D+ b0 ^0 n% g9 ]
Is it a kind of distant memory?- i) |5 R* ]; P; Q* s; j
它是一种遥远的记忆?) D' G |7 t0 L7 x
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 4 `5 B h$ y6 ~5 \2 m8 r你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… ; G9 C/ n% Q( k: w |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? 9 v6 W3 C: F d9 f; v+ |( v0 c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗?- \8 A( c9 C5 [9 K0 a* i( b
Do you write memos? ' X; d& J* N$ m; `+ T% T9 s" x; w你写备忘录吗? * m% @/ {8 s' f, o8 h1 y% M E2 r& uDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? / O, n( m3 w; ]9 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? 4 A. i) y- e5 L6 G* D5 WWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?1 ~4 K9 t. X, p9 |7 B; l( d- P
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗?/ n7 y' @) {, t# \0 I w7 Q' Q
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? ! q. T. C% y) J3 l& c1 \9 ]0 D; D你看到认识的某人,却忘记了名字,这种情况下你会怎么办?