学会认输赢得美满婚姻_小升初阅读

学会认输赢得美满婚姻

[4]我喜欢这一张。这张简直就像一块有病的猪肝。你怎么能这样说?这可是一幅古典的古威尼斯风格的图案。威尼斯人都瞎眼了，后来的瞎子也都是因威尼斯人得名，记得吗?我喜欢这一张。我死也不会挂那一张的。

[5]As the argument went on, my wife suddenly slammed the book shut. There are over two hundred samples in this book, she declared. I say we spend our energy finding one that suits us both, instead of bickering over the ones we dont like.

[5]在争吵中，我妻子突然用力把书一合，大声说：这本书中有200张样品，我们应该把精力用在找到一张我们都喜欢的样品，而不是用来争吵那些我们不喜欢的。

[6]And thats how we settled it. Eventually we found a pattern we both liked. The wallpaper book became our symbol for settling the myriad issues that arise in marriage. Well, shed say when we couldnt agree on furniture or a place to vacation, there are plenty of samples in the wallpaper book.

[6]我们就这样解决了争执。最后我们终于找到了一个我们共同喜欢的图案。壁纸样品手册成了我们解决婚姻中遇到的无数争执的一个象征。当我们在要什么家具或去什么地方休假的意见不一时，我的妻子就说：在壁纸样品手册里有的是样品呢!

7]The issues that people argue over most in marriage, such as how to spend money, often arent the real ones. The key issue is: who is going to be in control? When I was younger, my need to control arose out of fear, a lack of trust, insecurity. The day I finally realized I didnt need to control my wifethat, indeed, I ought not control her, that I couldnt control her, and that if I tried to, I would destroy our marriagewas the day our marriage began.