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，
4 \# W* H! ~. Q* WThe 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。
; T: M% v, H; [& p4 X5 \0 ^) lTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
: f9 `9 Z% Q+ R) M6 @所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
* J( _, S/ N$ wthe 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。”
0 j6 O, J+ ?) v7 U# I6 t) J6 B* RBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
7 \9 m6 d/ h( E( F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.
" M, b/ x( ?5 b所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
* C& L6 `6 P  a$ ZBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
2 a) d; `$ Y) C6 a! i可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
1 Q. ]# ?" F+ _4 u+ B- HOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
, ?3 j/ p& }: |9 |晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
( d  _% q- v# M, zand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
! _( F5 w, Z" ~5 [3 |# R0 r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，
1 l1 n2 j% d/ [7 `It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
- r! G' y: \& o0 \3 }, P+ E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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
& J/ }* s  Q0 T3 j. j) d: M$ mThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
4 K8 P# |/ z/ c; v- z* O3 T/ Ujack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother