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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
8 J! ^5 P( v/ C+ B* T/ g4 {2 `The 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,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
( q0 M( I4 [$ M0 _, P( gthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
( Y2 E, F" x7 w) @做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
2 N; x4 d- `! B8 FBut 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。
8 T5 \) G- [* _But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
# c% I' U8 u( f  @( m* j) TOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
3 M0 ?, B- q  u) q晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
7 t0 }5 h# v" M2 B* V# Jand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
" M% T) d  a2 _雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
6 _0 z' O  q+ C9 {* g& b1 o; r5 ?In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
4 s, Y' W, J$ F9 r# g7 Y; u# FIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
+ Q2 I6 M1 e/ ?; a. R% ]0 X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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7 I+ P* m8 x- @7 o, c2 sAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
- Z& c$ g/ D, _+ Y1 V; wjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother