The Dirty Window

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duì年轻nián qīng夫妇fū fù对面duì miàn搬来bān láilexīn邻居lín jūNew neighbors moved in across from a young couple.第二dì èrtiān早上zǎo shang他们tā menchī早饭zǎo fànshí年轻nián qīngde妻子qī zi看到kàn dàoxīn邻居lín jū正在zhèng zài外面wài miànliàng洗好xǐ hǎode衣服yī fuThe next morning, while they were having breakfast, the young wife saw the new neighbor hanging out the washed clothes outside.

妻子qī ziduì丈夫zhàng fushuō那些nà xiē衣服yī fu洗得xǐ de干净gān jìng可能kě néng懂得dǒng de怎么zěn me衣服yī fu也许yě xǔ需要xū yàoyòng更好gèng hǎode洗衣粉xǐ yī fěnThe wife said to her husband: “Those clothes aren’t washed clean; maybe she doesn’t know how to wash clothes, perhaps she needs better laundry detergent.”

丈夫zhàng fukànle妻子qī zi一眼yī yǎn默默mò mò不语bù yǔThe husband glanced at his wife and remained silent.

cóng以后yǐ hòu每当měi dāng邻居lín jūliàng衣服yī fu妻子qī zi总会zǒng huì作出zuò chū类似lèi sìde评论píng lùnFrom then on, whenever the neighbor hung out clothes, the wife would always make similar comments.大约dà yuē一个yī gèyuèhòu年轻nián qīng妻子qī zi惊讶jīng yà发现fā xiàn邻居lín jū晾出liàng chūde衣服yī fu居然jū ránhěn干净gān jìngAbout a month later, the young wife was surprised to find that the clothes the neighbor hung out were actually very clean.高兴gāo xìngduì丈夫zhàng fushuōkuàikàn终于zhōng yú学会xué huì衣服yī fulezhēnxiǎng知道zhī dàoshìshuíjiāo她的tā deShe happily said to her husband: “Look! She finally learned how to wash clothes. I really want to know who taught her!”

丈夫zhàng fu回答huí dáshuō今天jīn tiān一大早yī dà zǎo起来qǐ lái我们wǒ mende窗户chuāng hu干净gān jìngleThe husband replied: “I got up early this morning and cleaned our window.”

zài我们wǒ men评判píng pàn别人bié rén之前zhī qiánxiān看看kàn kàn自己zì jǐde窗户chuāng hushìshì干净gān jìngBefore we judge others, we should first check if our own “window” is clean.

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