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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
5 ?* J, z, o( H! r5 c! vThe 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，
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。”
  x2 d9 g$ w9 X% E8 uBut 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！” ，
% G& i. P! S. t, _9 lSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
- b' p# Y; r4 B; r" K3 g0 P所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
6 F, U" W' g' K# Q2 R' Z1 l2 t4 uBut 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。
% n; g, [- B$ }3 q: P+ mOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
. F# A/ \/ l$ L  mand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
$ X# _$ H- \, N! [雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
6 H8 o# M( }/ Z, ~9 N. G- pIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
- d5 b$ L1 a+ O, T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

An 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 ...
3 f: v% R8 E# }. c+ f& K; n& ^jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother