这是Tom Huang的大儿子年初为纪念Tom的夫人Margaret过世写的

这是Tom Huang的大儿子年初为纪念Tom的夫人Margaret过世写的。

沉向洋和夫人昨天在Tom过世之后翻译成中文。希望这对传奇夫妻的故事，能够告诉大家应该怎么做人，怎么有意义的度过一生。

Years ago, the man and woman met over a slide rule. He was one of her classmates at the university in Taiwan, in charge of selling the instruments. She reserved one, even paid him some money. But when the time came, another student delivered the slide rule.

他们的故事，是从一把计算尺开始的。他，是她台湾大学的同学，在学生会负责计算尺的销售。她，订了一把计算尺，定金也早已经付过了。计算尺到了以后，却是由另一位同学送过来的。

Several months passed. Then she received a letter. The young man wanted to know whether she’d like to see a movie. She was being courted by several men, including a military officer who’d seen her dance in a performance for the troops.

好几个月过去了，突然有一天她接到了一封信，男生邀请她一起看电影。当时已经有不少爱慕者拜倒在她的石榴裙下，包括一位看过她在慰问演出中表演舞蹈的军官。

But the young man seemed different from the rest. Her friends checked on h