A: I admit that the father was not the perfect parent at that point in his life.
B: That’s very charitable of you.
A: But after comparing his diary entries with those of his son, he spent time reflecting and realized that he had to change his attitude.
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B: It took his son to teach him that lesson.
A: And he had the humility to admit that. He changed his attitude, went out looking for a job, found one within the week and never looked back.
B: We heard the same story, but came to different conclusions.
A: 我承認他在那個時候不是個好爸爸。
B: 你還真是寬宏大量！
A: 不過他把自己的日記跟他兒子的對照一看，就好好地反省了一下，了解到他必須要改變自己的態度。
B: 他兒子讓他好好學習了一課。
A: 而且他夠謙卑，才能夠承認這件事。他改變了態度，出去找工作，然後在一個禮拜之內找到了，從此就一帆風順。
B: 我們聽的是同一個故事，但是得出的結論不同。
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