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Remembering why we are doing something* b4 r& n# J2 @5 t& G' I R5 N
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记住我们为什么做某事: t5 y( l4 p- N8 l) \6 J
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.2 ~0 `$ I8 h3 V5 k* b$ R/ j0 z
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
, N. W, Q$ g6 o8 d& h r1 ^Have you ever done that?
* X4 ^$ c2 q# M$ o6 ]- \ @你曾有过这种经历吗？ @3 D4 U+ z4 S6 ]
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.6 i1 {: I" P% P- @) g+ A/ ?
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。: ^+ C! }% }+ o) m
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.6 S; l: i* q, O- z. ?: ^( t
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。+ V9 F/ g0 P4 {; ]) Z# N3 @* H# Z4 I
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
8 g2 y0 G- u/ ~5 G+ D" Q. ]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。
1 y( R5 u. y% U' E) j- uWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ V$ s5 B( A4 R. b" f3 f2 t7 U; y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
]- c6 ~% q% G! nThat's a memory problem.
3 X. t5 I: u" y; [5 q2 m' w这是一个记忆问题。
2 W) a1 G, l4 x( i( O/ a6 W1 O- jI guess that counts too.
4 s/ m1 S+ T0 c我想那很重要。+ x- M9 ~% x! n9 w2 Y
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
( s8 j5 s2 X7 u: o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？! x2 U9 E2 H+ r
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
; l$ [/ G+ l9 h( x1 }( F9 d* U在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。1 d: Z1 {$ z/ J9 e |
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.3 c5 O/ O( p, Y" Q# e8 J
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
; e" L" I' s+ j- J+ c$ CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
7 l$ E) q" H- U( v: e4 D2 ?总是可以问问自己为什么。+ x4 ^7 ~2 g- R! s" v
Why did I start to learn a language?4 t/ C N. W' z' ~6 \" b
为什么我开始学习一种语言？& y0 F6 [: C6 |4 E# n, \
Why did I join this club?5 S/ u1 f; E$ Q' Y, G8 h. ^
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
/ K. z9 _' T) x" S. PWhy my friend was this person?# k: s; J7 a/ p* u3 R: Y
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
M) w `& M1 {8 @Why did I get married?
0 `$ X5 }- p0 {为什么我要结婚？
! [8 @# _! N {" [* ]& `If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.1 ^8 K2 l+ f! q" ~, v; B
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。* Z M: n" j$ c) L& Q2 G
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
5 Q' r" \; O5 f9 ?. B我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。& M r" g9 j _8 q+ k$ b* t7 g
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 U( R u8 Q7 e' A否则很难完成我们所开始的。2 e* ]: J; U: i! p3 {0 C3 F% L
We stop starting. We quit the club.
7 R) m1 F# P L. |我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 V! w" f$ D+ _6 K) z, rWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. u2 ]1 o+ o0 Q" z
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。; ?5 T) v [2 i! D N
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
7 Z# q0 @, x: i: F, M1 U问为什么没什么问题。
4 P* M0 O. y: i( c3 g9 A8 PIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
0 U1 `% {& E. t' ?/ P. \2 \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。) W" y7 K4 \+ j& J, ^5 U6 Z( E4 N
Talk about it.! N7 j4 i- ]9 t9 Y8 |7 R
谈论下面的话题：
% Q: K8 C% T0 I% I9 g _Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 [5 j7 O/ }3 L* y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？' J0 X1 H1 P" y. P" s8 [
Is it a kind of distant memory?1 q+ s6 b8 F6 D1 b U- O" a. `9 ~
它是一种遥远的记忆？+ X4 p2 p& ^/ _$ D. H: ]
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...( Q, N( A6 y1 d
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……3 l/ ^ D6 S& O1 h* _* M7 x+ z
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- ~' i) W' e8 k/ }. j8 ^你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ ^) F; j4 D9 m
Do you write memos?" E( h% @: W m! }- ~
你写备忘录吗？
\ B8 _. r8 c* y1 MDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?/ U/ _7 W! J0 M
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？3 C9 c: F' \* s/ z3 M2 D7 p
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?+ I( y4 F6 c2 X( ~) z
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
3 r0 f2 u @ n! c* Y% l+ sWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
: \% J8 h$ a" L4 g, K" }7 ~5 x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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