傑明、輕舟從前的雪城好友Wayne常常給我們寄很有益的分享，不久前他寄給我們以下這篇，很讓輕舟想到去年5月份寫的《美國家庭主婦的一天》係列。今夜輕舟將文章翻譯為中文，與友們分享！
Hu*****and, Do You Appreciate Your Wife?
先生，你感謝你太太了嗎？
-Source: "Nick's Humor List," 5/13/1999
來源《尼克的幽默清單》1999年5月13日 翻譯：輕舟一葉
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house.
一天下午一個男士下班回家，發現他的房子裏一片混亂。他的三個孩子仍穿著睡衣，在屋子外麵玩泥，前院滿地是空食物盒子和包裝紙。他太太的車門開著，房子的前門也開著。
Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
進了門，他發現裏麵更加髒亂。一具燈台倒著，小地毯卷靠在牆邊。外屋的電視播放著嘈雜的卡通，家庭娛樂間堆滿了玩具和各式衣物。廚房的水池裏塞滿了碗碟，早餐食物濺在台子上，狗食濺落在地板上，餐桌下有一塊破碎的玻璃，還有一小堆沙散落在後門。
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she may be ill, or that something serious had happened. He found her lounging in the bedroom, still curled in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.
他匆匆上樓，一路踩著玩具和衣服堆，到樓上找他的太太。他擔心太太，想她大約病了，或者發生了什麽嚴重的事情。他發現她在臥室裏懶散休息，仍然穿著睡衣彎躺在床上讀一本小說。她抬起頭看著他，微笑地問道，他的一天可好。
He looked at her bewildered and asked, “What happened here today?”
他困惑地看著她，問道：“今天這兒發生了什麽？”
She again smiled and answered, “You know every day when you come home from work and ask me what in the world I did today?”
她又微笑了，回道：“你知道每天你下班回家，問我，今天我究竟做了什麽？”
“Yes” was his incredulous reply.
“是啊”，他疑惑地回答。
She answered, “Well, today I didn't do it.”
她回道：“那麽，今天我什麽也沒有做。”
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