Two Sides to Every Story：一分为二看事情

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wo sides to every story是个高频短语，指任何事都有正反两个方面，不能只看一面，以偏概全。该短语的用法非常简单。只要是想表达“从不同角度看问题便会有不同结论”，就可以来一句：There are two sides to every story. 比如：

Peter: Ryan says he tried to reason with Dana, but she wouldn’t listen. Dana says she gave Ryan plenty of opportunities to explain, but he just couldn’t be bothered. What should I do?

Ryan说他试图和Dana讲道理，但她不听。Dana说她给了Ryan很多机会解释，但他根本懒得开口。我该信谁啊？

Ray: You know, there are two sides to every story. If I were you, I would just let them be. When a couple quarrels, you should never take sides. Trust me, I learned it the hard way.

要知道，任何事都有两面。如果我是你，我就随他们去。夫妻吵架的时候，你绝对不该选择站在哪一边。相信我，我可是有惨痛教训的。

在口语里，该短语还时常缩略为不太规范的There’s two sides to every story，这在流行歌曲里尤其常见。英国男子组合Five、美国乡村女王Dolly Parton、美国著名摇滚音乐人Joe Walsh都唱过名为“Two Sides to Every Story”的歌，而这些歌里也都出现过There’s two sides to every story这句歌词。相比之下，Joe Walsh的作品最能完美地诠释two sides to every story的含义，在此摘录歌词片段和大家共享：

Well, I don’t know, but I’ve been told

Two sides to every story

One is right and the other is wrong

Guess it depends which side you are on

’cause one man’s blessing is another man’s curse

One man’s drink is another man’s thirst

One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain

One man’s loss is another man’s gain

One man’s lie is another man’s truth

There’s two sides to every story

我不清楚，但有人告诉我

任何事都有两面