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Remembering why we are doing something
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记住我们为什么做某事6 F( e$ u1 M3 H( x' d# s
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing./ `# N1 E3 p* H8 i
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。, ~4 Z9 v6 J- B" t* n0 L
Have you ever done that?; N" v" T" G3 ]; u
你曾有过这种经历吗？- ~+ H- _' B8 T1 g& P9 F7 \
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
2 y v( ~9 C- Q; _# s我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
( x& w( N& r/ s0 T- oI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
, C' }1 A) }3 @7 s3 t我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
5 e' L2 }6 F) n0 b$ sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
5 J0 N( j9 P7 O( {5 q" t9 O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。
/ }+ _ H& t: ]Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.8 b/ o) ]# A8 K# m3 Y
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。3 |& n+ R' _5 G0 H
That's a memory problem.
9 V4 k% S) K1 C( Q! M; L这是一个记忆问题。 E6 X$ y, ^: Y+ D
I guess that counts too.3 t! ]0 v# v" Z2 v: R1 g; @& X6 o
我想那很重要。
. b8 L x. d/ L- `" ]But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?7 y1 u0 s) t( v
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？
% W$ N0 Q+ t! RAt one point, there was a reason we do something. N2 R$ J: X3 u" b; x: g
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。8 M) j9 q8 B. W" }+ F
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
# M' y# d& v9 E6 q# z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
/ V0 S- {$ S* uIt's always could to ask ourselves why.* ^1 M) q0 a) W; i M' N
总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 m" k/ C+ }6 ^1 i' O* aWhy did I start to learn a language?4 {- ^5 F5 d2 [# |( ^' ~/ w- H" p+ {
为什么我开始学习一种语言？7 y1 h" d6 Z7 n, y( n1 c. W
Why did I join this club?5 @: g. f( O" S8 r" L/ K% X
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？; F$ P" l! G$ |
Why my friend was this person?
: p+ I9 v6 V6 c" r. f% R% k为什么我的朋友是这个人？9 Q( [4 Q+ \9 H1 a' u' I/ W
Why did I get married?
! z- V3 C4 w" ^/ j* p" `7 R3 E为什么我要结婚？7 q6 t" J+ Z1 r6 r: D& w5 |& N
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
: C& g9 z) k% ^* |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。
' L, q" M' e$ _( w( MI think we need indeed remind us of why.0 K- U0 K$ Z4 H2 k7 i
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。4 ?1 R4 O; X1 |4 O# A
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.. J+ S- L6 b3 \% j1 Y
否则很难完成我们所开始的。. M8 ~6 }3 p8 l# A# {4 P* T
We stop starting. We quit the club.% H4 g& N. {5 Y& f
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
) H/ v# ]1 n; K" JWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
7 v5 q6 d1 s& y4 j+ k# e4 ~我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
/ y1 k7 A, d3 O. n) D8 R3 aThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
K4 |$ e) x" w6 @8 ^7 J" [/ C问为什么没什么问题。
' G: O* u/ L3 H: X1 T1 PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing., |: p4 e D7 d# a" \, m8 A
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。
9 n! P/ b% a& E- k A# c" sTalk about it.. k( |4 q o3 i
谈论下面的话题：
$ v! q3 k2 |1 u" YIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
) R! M1 _6 W3 w你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？, h$ ~" O2 a8 I& j
Is it a kind of distant memory?% f7 _' k* p9 _
它是一种遥远的记忆？0 R( M; h- q; Z4 w
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...& [9 h" [+ V& X9 U
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 z& I! q( d$ i9 ^: h* c$ |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?' g/ m F6 P5 {" y
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？8 S/ O% F+ `% a& H$ B) k$ h
Do you write memos?$ u! O' |" t N3 X$ k
你写备忘录吗？
) G$ @! z6 s, r7 _, G) x" NDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# Q8 ?% ?- I& p) f9 G你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？7 h2 J# }$ K; V% r5 b/ I$ ~
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?& ^' l k7 F0 c
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？4 g; c3 u" Z. C, D
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
& F+ L# _' O6 g% e( h' }/ b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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