The Dirty Window

一对年轻夫妇对面搬来了新邻居。New neighbors moved in across from a young couple.第二天早上,他们吃早饭时,年轻的妻子看到新邻居正在外面晾洗好的衣服。The next morning, while they were having breakfast, the young wife saw the new neighbor hanging out the washed clothes outside.
妻子对丈夫说:“那些衣服洗得不干净,可能她不懂得怎么洗衣服,也许她需要用更好的洗衣粉。”The 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.”
丈夫看了妻子一眼,默默不语。The husband glanced at his wife and remained silent.
从那以后,每当邻居晾衣服,妻子总会作出类似的评论。From then on, whenever the neighbor hung out clothes, the wife would always make similar comments.大约一个月后,年轻妻子惊讶地发现,邻居晾出的衣服居然很干净。About a month later, the young wife was surprised to find that the clothes the neighbor hung out were actually very clean.她高兴地对丈夫说:“你快看!她终于学会洗衣服了。我真想知道是谁教她的!”She happily said to her husband: “Look! She finally learned how to wash clothes. I really want to know who taught her!”
丈夫回答说:“我今天一大早起来,把我们的窗户擦干净了。”The husband replied: “I got up early this morning and cleaned our window.”
在我们评判别人之前,先看看自己的“窗户”是不是干净。Before we judge others, we should first check if our own “window” is clean.
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