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Years ago,I lived in a building in a large city.The building next door was only a few feet away from mine.There was a woman who lived there,whom I had never met,yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon,sewing or reading.
很多年以前,我生活在一座大城市的大厦里。 在举例我们大厦几步远的地方,有个妇人住在那里,我们从未谋面,但是我每天下午都可以...全部
Years ago,I lived in a building in a large city.The building next door was only a few feet away from mine.There was a woman who lived there,whom I had never met,yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon,sewing or reading.
很多年以前,我生活在一座大城市的大厦里。
在举例我们大厦几步远的地方,有个妇人住在那里,我们从未谋面,但是我每天下午都可以看到她坐在窗边,缝缝补补或者读书看报。
After several months had gone by,I began to notiee that her window was dirty.Everything was unclear through the dirty window.I would say to myself,“1 wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window.It really looks terrible.”
在她走后的几个月里,我注意到她的窗户上有灰尘。
透过脏兮兮的窗户,啥也看不清楚。我对自己说,“怎么这个妇人为啥不把窗户擦一下呢。看上去太脏了”。
one bright morning I decided to clean my flat,including washing the window on the inside.
一个阳光明媚的早晨,我决定打扫我的房间,同时擦一些里面的窗户。
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning,I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise!Across the way,the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible.Her window was clean!
黄昏时分,当我打扫完之后,我坐在窗边喝着咖啡休息一下。
天啊,顺着窗户的方向,那个妇人坐在窗边,清晰可见。她的窗户很干净。
Then it dawned on me.I had been criticizing(批评)her dirty window,but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
此时我才明白,我一直批评她那脏兮兮的窗户,但是一直以来,我是透过我自己的脏兮兮的窗户来看她的。
That was quite an important lesson for me.How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart,through my own shortcomings?
这个给我上了重要的一课。
我总是透过自己肮脏的心灵之窗,自己的短视来看待并批判别人?
Since then,whenever I wanted to judge(评判)someone,I asked myseIf first,“Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”
从那以后,不管我批评谁,我都会首先问自己,“我是否是用自己的脏兮兮的窗户来看待别人?”
the story tell us that we shouldn't look at others through the tinted spectacles。
we must respect other people's ideal and thiink it throughly。收起