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Remembering why we are doing something
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9 |. F5 E- ?. n B2 }( `记住我们为什么做某事) `- {( \8 m* W
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.3 n; I2 V: v5 P. r4 q
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
% f5 n" h$ x q F1 d! KHave you ever done that?
) W- C! B$ a) U, z9 }& U- y你曾有过这种经历吗？2 z x y6 L* x, g/ Z
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
$ N5 x# v7 p2 q a+ l我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。) [+ [% i- n. A6 j% }# o `
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 a1 X5 w7 P4 z# I- ? _7 d我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
0 }- I" Y# r3 j6 iAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
$ x& T. c5 N- a( A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。/ o# u( W$ Q$ a
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
3 R5 v/ o0 c- J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。8 b$ v. T. P3 |9 a: s
That's a memory problem.! {& e8 u5 X8 i+ v" F5 s
这是一个记忆问题。
% w5 Q( E4 W! ^& N# }1 v- DI guess that counts too.
8 z5 t: Y0 ~! k- z) d4 q我想那很重要。
% @: v4 C' m% T* L9 l4 l8 x, p' x7 QBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& q: w* t$ V9 f( V4 J2 _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？' \3 i3 G; V9 x ?' Y0 X0 B7 N
At one point, there was a reason we do something.% Y, F3 F, g `3 ~
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
0 \# w$ A4 c2 c! HFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
# e9 ?/ T0 O$ W, h) M8 ^对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。1 I" g2 J L0 d$ N J
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 h) J7 \/ j% R k7 e总是可以问问自己为什么。
5 _0 O7 z9 V3 d9 j4 u6 PWhy did I start to learn a language?& F; N3 Y: x3 z8 P
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
- u1 h# Z j: I; }1 C, q+ Z9 G" p$ s/ fWhy did I join this club?" I; m, P3 L2 c' O# F' Y/ y
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 T* |5 K* R5 p1 H7 x- q/ pWhy my friend was this person?
$ F" A9 x* Y1 k& s% z! _$ Q8 V为什么我的朋友是这个人？$ G) o: t1 _; T
Why did I get married?
. \" N# n5 G5 t! I, o3 f为什么我要结婚？! w& d$ W6 Q; ^" L' h
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
4 s8 I7 S( |/ `* _1 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。. n4 T. X7 _: d
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
" J0 ^7 U8 `' F! U我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! i- L+ j# Q- r7 B( p' \Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 }$ r% x1 j# e否则很难完成我们所开始的。$ z& @4 {0 q- }# i" ~& V
We stop starting. We quit the club.
, N n8 p6 @" U- `# N我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
6 f& j5 Y- F) c0 e# [We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.& \* b2 z; w; s% e
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。( O; J" R3 W2 m8 O4 D
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
' v/ r5 m! H$ N# p问为什么没什么问题。
d8 O, i5 z8 x; n$ {5 ]+ j/ q6 k" m" uIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
: t$ I3 S6 c1 P& f3 K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。
/ a' R) s# T9 q* mTalk about it.! p( X/ o$ |6 ]- t4 ?
谈论下面的话题：
7 M; u2 J, W) \8 h0 {. Z2 v3 P+ NIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?* _- M5 }; P7 {, @/ R5 K
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？# i# w4 s/ [7 V% b$ g5 i" `. m
Is it a kind of distant memory?
- u( y9 q8 L& p$ n. Y7 Z它是一种遥远的记忆？6 s# l) [7 L( S
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
4 @+ p4 B! {8 Q/ A) N; h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
. e7 y. h! Z" P0 W! fHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
: C( p/ p! a$ _" Y) X. C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？; C# ~2 H0 ?$ N3 L
Do you write memos?
. S5 s) L. s6 k" _/ ^! S你写备忘录吗？ B( h! a9 j# S/ Q* D7 ^4 t) f% K/ L
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?* E1 F, J& t7 \
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？/ @ }5 X4 w' _. f
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?2 P* s/ E" l! f5 f4 `5 d. h
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
" d( z6 P! w/ _5 G6 V5 gWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
+ w/ ~8 q4 W8 \- f你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？ |
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