永生难忘的一课：事情并不总是非黑即白

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[00:01.63]39 Things Are Not Always Black or White	事情并不总是非黑即白
[00:08.29](By Judie Paxton)	（译/李荷卿）
[00:10.48]When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. 在我上小学的时候，我和同班的一个男孩发生了一场激烈的争论。
[00:18.73]I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.	我已经忘记我们为什么争吵，但那天我所受到的教训却永生难忘。
[00:25.57]I was convinced that "I" was right and "he" was wrong - and he was just as convinced that "I" was wrong and "he" was right. 我认为“我”是对的，“他”是错的――而他恰恰坚信“我”是错的，“他”是对的。
[00:35.86]Our teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. 于是，老师决定给我们上很重要的一课。
[00:40.32]She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. 她把我们带到讲台前，让他站在讲台的这一边，让我站在讲台的另一边。
[00:47.62]In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. 在讲台的正中间有一个又大又圆的东西。
[00:51.61]I could clearly see that it was black. 我能清楚地看见它是黑色的。
[00:55.38]The teacher asked the boy what color the object was. 老师问那个男孩那个东西是什么颜色的。
[00:59.73]"White," he answered.	 “白色。”他回答说。
[01:01.69]I couldn't believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black! 我不敢相信，那个东西明明是黑色的，他却说是白色的！
[01:07.51]Another argument started between the boy and me, this time about the color of the object.	于是， 我和那个男孩之间又爆发了一场争论，只不过这次争论的是那个东西的颜色。
[01:14.70]The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. 老师让我站到那个男孩站的地方，让他站到我原来站的地方。
[01:20.97]We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. 我们交换了位置。现在，老师又问我那个物体的颜色。
[01:26.42]I had to answer, "White."  我不得不回答：“白色。”
[01:29.21]It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint it was white.原来，那个物体两边颜色不同。站在他那边看，它是白色的。
[01:36.40]Only from my side was it black.	只有从我这边看，它才是黑色的。
[01:38.97]My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: 那天，我的老师给我上了非常重要的一课：
[01:42.93]You must stand in the other person's shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective .	 要想真实地理解他人的观点，就必须设身处地，从他人的角度看问题。

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永生难忘的一课：事情并不总是非黑即白