Seeing Life in a Different Light /换个角度看生活

jack_lai

Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活

. O2 ~5 K( b+ U8 YAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ P! l. H) V1 e. @3 lThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
. ]3 z% x& l# @# K6 Z% Z所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
But if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
; K( g7 q+ U8 L4 ]- s可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
! c' ]: `& v7 Q晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
  @3 `" B2 N* E, B; R6 r雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
  b! E4 W) Y' ^7 CIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
5 n1 o7 Q0 Q8 i其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
# h1 w5 R! o9 l. o- K; W它离你不远，关键是看你知不知足

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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0 X7 H/ k9 E: D' l" |- ~. \! PAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
* [9 V7 g# ^! m; w0 J* v8 ^一对老两口有两个女儿，
0 J, F8 b4 D& r1 ^0 xThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
" q* d* n. p' }4 Fjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother