33. Secret to a Happy Marriage
Sidney Webb and his wife Beatrice were once asked to account for【1】 the rarity of their disagreements. Early in their marriage, Beatrice replied, they had agreed always to vote alike on 【2】 great issues. "Sidney was to decide which way we voted," she explained, "and I was to decide which were the great issues."
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有人曾經(jīng)詢問西德尼·韋伯和他的妻子比阿特麗斯,為什么兩人很少吵架。比阿特麗斯回答說,在結(jié)婚初期,兩人就同意在重大問題上投票表決。“西德尼決定我們投票的方式,”她解釋道,“而我決定什么是重大問題。”
背景知識與點評
·西德尼·韋伯(1859—1947)是英國著名社會活動家,費邊社會主義理論家和經(jīng)濟學家,改良主義者。1892年與志同道合的比阿特麗斯結(jié)婚,1895年兩人共同創(chuàng)立倫敦經(jīng)濟學院。從此,韋伯夫婦一起參與社會政治活動,合作著書立說。
·什么叫做公平?公平就是我切蛋糕,你分蛋糕。韋伯夫婦的做法就比較公平,所以夫妻關(guān)系琴瑟和諧。
英語知識鏈接
【1】 account for:說明(解釋)…的原因
【2】 vote on:對…進行表決