A man was telling one of his friends the secret of his contented married life, "My wife makes all the small decisions," he explained, "and I make all the big ones, so we never interfere in each other's business and never get annoyed with each other. We have no complaints and no arguments."

　　"That sounds reasonable," answered his friend sympathetically. "And what sort of decisions does your wife make?"

　　"Well," answered the man, "she decides what jobs I apply for, what sort of house we live in, what furniture we have, where we go for our holidays, and things like that."

　　His friend was surprised. "Oh?" he said. "And what do you consider important decisions then?"

　　"Well," answered the man, "I decide who should be Prime Minister, whether we should increase our help to poor countries, what we should do about the atom bomb, and things like that."

　　一個男人告訴他的朋友自己婚姻幸福美滿的秘密，“小事都由我妻子決定，”他解釋說：“而我只管大事，我們從不互相干涉，從不生對方的氣。我們從來沒有抱怨、沒有爭吵。”

　　“聽起來很有道理，”他的朋友深有同感，“有哪些事情由你妻子作決定呢?”

　　“嗯，”那個人回答說：“她決定我申請什么工作，我們住什么房子，買什么家具，去哪里度假這些事情。”

　　他的朋友很驚奇的問道：“哦?那么你決定哪些重要事情?”

　　“嗯，”他回答：“我決定誰來當首相，我們是否要增加對貧困國家的援助，怎么處理原子彈等等這些問題。”