- l+ E: ]; ~) w记住我们为什么做某事. v/ D. s# i7 s: {. E1 K
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. / W/ w$ ~ T" m/ ]有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。$ H; x% W( u. J* I
Have you ever done that? 1 E9 N8 _6 B+ c' O! U2 [6 c" g你曾有过这种经历吗？, t) o, c6 X/ \4 I2 D
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. * ], ]3 O0 }5 r% t5 c# K* n& M' K9 C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 ' C. k4 G5 I2 r- N& w6 J: II have called someone because I want to tell them something./ b# w8 W) c6 s% {: G$ s& [
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。% p# s, N' _; E0 q9 N* Y% N
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. . x/ t. Y8 w' B" J* n$ ~8 n+ f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。 $ g8 m/ N6 |4 h# Q* m3 zWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. % @. J% Y% M7 H0 H; C哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。3 w$ b6 m8 e% Y- T8 }6 O/ D
That's a memory problem. 5 a, b' T: |" \ X, s; E6 v/ W这是一个记忆问题。 4 F' Q) a& ]7 |) H: W9 A+ H7 tI guess that counts too.1 K3 o! X# l4 D; {5 d
我想那很重要。 7 Y# ~2 L1 M8 c( m! RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?9 F0 z5 u& r2 {: n, w n
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？ & \4 v3 z0 N5 V8 t( XAt one point, there was a reason we do something. 4 J2 O; {+ P( x6 G: G- S- \在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 . a/ Y5 |( X9 B: x' C) @; EFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. * h5 h4 U6 @, P3 R# L2 L T1 P* I# b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 9 e# L! i3 o: T8 J) c8 I. LIt's always could to ask ourselves why. 0 o: ^6 T& v+ a: y+ X/ U总是可以问问自己为什么。 6 t0 w2 D+ ]3 H' w' jWhy did I start to learn a language?: s( v) K7 w8 v9 S$ M5 [0 m
为什么我开始学习一种语言？6 L) q e7 z! e& R% }& D
Why did I join this club? 2 o) o h0 z2 S; Q) x1 s为什么我加入这个俱乐部？3 _& d! ~) I+ J" u/ i1 {( I* L1 L! N
Why my friend was this person? 5 a4 i" P! X; m为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ) j" C3 Q2 o9 y; @# gWhy did I get married? # ~* k ]7 k; \4 i! j$ l' _为什么我要结婚？8 [2 s" X! v) o W) Q7 ~" g# w
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 1 d1 w# }( }* p8 d" M; l5 C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。 $ N& W, S2 J% p3 [I think we need indeed remind us of why. {/ r) C0 o# d V' p3 Y我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。1 m& s, V8 b( I& N9 |
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. , U I7 |1 l$ N$ H; }' a8 U否则很难完成我们所开始的。 , _1 l& ]5 G4 U- H- ?! j8 iWe stop starting. We quit the club.: C; h6 v' Q: E1 u# |
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。1 E6 g0 M9 G) p5 \, Y
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.' {5 k! c" l$ p) u# L9 q1 Y! R7 U
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 7 v1 o" w& q# u) J+ M s5 N4 jThere's nothing wrong with asking why.7 R" E& C- h4 I0 ~7 N
问为什么没什么问题。 ' K, ^* X0 o7 M( W( QIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing., v6 r$ D3 @3 B; O6 j
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。( o: p4 X# c9 U _
Talk about it. " d7 h8 Q/ Q+ d2 b6 ]谈论下面的话题： 4 \4 h& J: }3 D( I5 ~Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?) p) C( _% \( C5 |$ J& S+ @
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ 1 O& [: h. l3 B! YIs it a kind of distant memory?& ?3 F- x% o: g! U( q
它是一种遥远的记忆？1 g5 q! s2 b* ?# n
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... . }! Y- s, T( Q( [( t n& r: G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… , e% P& g0 |1 o, B: o, m# `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?& K/ S& E( F* K# T+ M) z
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？, _' v( S* ^" V/ @: t
Do you write memos? & M" u5 U4 `/ F- z你写备忘录吗？ , b7 G3 f/ e( J! NDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 8 x& S6 N2 _% O1 d" Y2 Z6 M2 [+ P7 _你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？- X* \, Q4 t: V
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? + s0 } {8 Q6 Z- N: t- m) T) r8 p还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？7 D5 S" ~7 r: m
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 4 l. T1 U# }3 `0 O+ {" }1 }3 j你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？