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，
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。
' \- [2 q6 |3 H7 u: t: vTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
5 {& z- C1 j! D1 j8 q& G, g所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
* i1 j( V0 e' i; X0 P9 G5 uthe 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。”
/ A5 E* J. S8 ~( aBut 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！” ，
( O) W+ R% m" x( {# JSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
' t. B! y3 A9 c+ p0 e& K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.         
6 E& y- [2 z( |# {1 ~/ c4 d' E0 K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,
晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
" e! e, n3 P5 g) P1 x% }: Z& \and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
8 I  N. b) f' N) T7 I. jIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
) A4 Q* X. m/ U其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
6 h) o7 T: N2 E5 Z2 J$ D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

  m! U0 @, T$ r0 q  w- sAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
8 \( J% R# R1 w6 uThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

1 q6 s1 ], x# V. gthank you brother