One summer day in 1957, we headed to the courthouse for a marriage license. My husband-to-be, Steve, asked the clerk for a fishing license.
1957年的夏天，我們?nèi)シㄔ恨k理結(jié)婚證。我的未婚夫史蒂夫，問起柜員釣魚許可證的事情。

She advised him a fishing license cost $1.50 and a marriage license cost $2.50. With some thought and a smile, he chose the marriage license, and so our life together, later filled with two children, began.
女柜員告訴他，一張釣魚許可證花費(fèi)1.5美金，一張結(jié)婚證花費(fèi)2.5美金。他想了一會(huì)兒笑著說，他選擇結(jié)婚證。之后我們便一起生活，后來還添了兩個(gè)孩子。

Whenever we had a disagreement, I would remind my husband that he could have saved money had he chosen a fishing license, and it would have expired in a year. The extra dollar cost him 53 years of wedded bliss.
每當(dāng)我們意見不合的時(shí)候，我都會(huì)提醒說，他本來可以省點(diǎn)錢選擇一張一年期的釣魚許可證，當(dāng)時(shí)他多花的錢卻讓他享受了長達(dá)53年的美妙婚姻生活。

（翻譯：林潯鷗）

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