Illusion About Marriage

(Originally In English)

It's a true story. I know a person, not a friend, just an

acquaintance. While we met, probably a few years ago,

he told me that he was not married. I said, "Why not?"

He said, "Well, I have not had the time yet."

Yeah, very busy and all that.

So I said, "Okay, so when is the time then you will marry?"

He said, "Yes, of course, I like very much to get married

and I've some person already that I want to marry."

I asked him, "What is the reason you want to get married?"

He told me, "Well, it's a very sad life to be a bachelor."

For example, when he has a glass of juice or drinks something

in the morning, then hurries to go to work and puts the

glass on the table without cleaning or putting it away,

after he has worked all day long, he comes back in the

evening , the glass is still there. No one moved it away

or tidied up for him. So he feels like it's pretty untidy,

cold and unwelcoming. He would like to get married.

It would be better.

After some time, I heard that he was married.

I said, "Oh, good! Congratulations! Ah, now you are married."

He said, "Yes."

I said, "Well, I wish you all the best luck in the world.

I still remember the story you told me about the empty

glass on the table which you put in the morning after

breakfast and it still stayed there until after you got

back from work in the evening. So what happened

now to the glass story? Did it change?"

He said, "Oh, yes, it changed. There are two glasses

on the table when I come back."

婚姻的幻想

這是真的故事，我認識一個人，不是朋友，只是一個認識的人。

大概數(shù)年前我們見面的時候，他告訴我，他還沒結(jié)婚，

我說：「為什么不結(jié)婚？」他說他沒時間，因為一直都很忙。

所以我說：『嗯！那有空的時候你就會結(jié)婚，是嗎？』他說：

「是啊！當然！」他非常想結(jié)婚，而且已經(jīng)有結(jié)婚的對象了，

我問他為什要結(jié)婚？他告訴我：「單身漢的生活很悲哀。」

譬如，他在早上喝了一杯果汁或飲料，然后趕著去上班，

沒把杯子清洗，就擱在桌上，然后工作了一整天，晚上回到家，

杯子還在那里，沒人幫他清洗收拾。他感到這樣很凌亂、

冷清又孤寂。所以他說他想結(jié)婚，那樣會比較好。

　過了一陣子，我就聽說他結(jié)婚了。我說：「哦！好棒，

恭禧！現(xiàn)在你結(jié)婚了。」他說：「是的。」我說：

「祝你有好福氣。我還記得你告訴我有關在早餐后放在

桌上的空杯子，下班回家時還在桌上的事，那個杯子的

故事現(xiàn)在怎么樣了？有沒有改善啊？」他說：「喔！是 的，

有改變了。現(xiàn)在當我回家的時候，在桌上的是兩個杯子。」