婚后生活:婚姻中为何需要独裁者_BEC初级作文

婚后生活:婚姻中为何需要独裁者

“为什么油漆工现在就来了？我们连主色调是什么都不知道！我们还没有把草图画出来！我们还没让我的姐姐过目呢！”我抱怨道。

'We'll get started and figure it all out as we go,' Alejandro said. 'It's time to make it happen.'

“我们就要动工了，在这个过程中，我们会把所些问题都一一解决的。”亚历杭德罗说，“该是开工的时候了。”

I was mad all day long: Painting our house is part of our investment in it and ought to be a mutual decision, I fumed. But that evening when I got home and took a look at the painters' progress, it was suddenly easy to figure out where the trim color should go and what color the door should be. I tried to defend my morning hysteria, saying we had not technically been ready to pull the trigger on the project, but my argument fell apart in light of how well it was working out.

我一整天都气鼓鼓的。刷房子是我们对房产投资的一部分，这应该是两个人共同的决定，我十分恼火。但那天晚上，当我回家看到油漆工的进展时，突然觉得不费吹灰之力便能说出门该上什么色、哪些地方该刷配色。但我还是试着为自己早上歇斯底里的行为辩解。我说，严格说来，我们并未准备好动工。但由于刷漆工程进展得异常顺利，我的此番争论因而完全站不住脚。

'Maybe you could even say…I was right?' he asked, teasingly, hopefully.