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

4 O* U$ E2 t1 I: H8 c. Y) NAn 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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
" f  J" O; \' y5 \8 S0 ^5 m# ~, B所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
3 y' W" [" B+ m! [the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
% q" F- N+ W' w0 t5 P9 w2 [6 c做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
9 O) i6 s$ W& f1 l* |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% S: P" [$ T: I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，
and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
" z& V+ @6 R9 ^; o/ G4 R3 z雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
  U7 i5 r  X- j; W: tIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
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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8 S" |) w. X* }. P! C# oAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
' H& z: i" ], e) ~& D一对老两口有两个女儿，
* D1 N% T: }6 p) v' xThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
" a0 B( `' u& w7 S" zjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

) b0 `7 r' W8 ?7 }, zthank you brother