The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
第二天早上,吃早饭的时候,他们决定谈谈彼此的缺点。
"I'll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances she noticed that tears were starting 10 appear in her husband's eyes.
"我先开始吧。"妻子说。她拿出她的单子,上面列举了很多条,事实上,足足写满了三页。当她开始念的时候,她注意到丈夫眼里含着泪花。
"What's wrong? she asked. "Nothing," the husband replied, "keep reading your list."
"怎么啦?她问。"没什么"丈夫答道,"继续念吧。"
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it."Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists," she said happily.
妻子又接着念。整整三页都念完之后她把单子整齐地放在桌上,两手交叉放在上面。"现在该你念了,然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点。"她高兴地说。