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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.
5 h( J; S* i! {3 G一对老两口有两个女儿,( l6 P$ C1 k- E) V a* j
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats. ; A; x( \3 N( i" ]+ }
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的,二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。6 F. [8 b9 K7 S; ~3 u. R
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,
9 o0 r6 V0 I! P. e- C# f所以,每当遇到晴天的时候,: y3 L+ E4 l; v! h( |" B/ `
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”# N+ B7 A) w2 _6 o' l
做母亲的就会叹气:“哎!大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
: N0 p) X% {- \& {+ |5 ^" C6 sBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
0 Q) B5 `8 _7 j0 U( a0 u& l4 @, I/ ?遇到雨天,她还是会叹气:“二女婿的草帽没人买了!” ,
{3 r( h& S" j' g' x! MSo she was never happy, rain or shine.: q) b7 r; }& f/ p6 n) d
所以,晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
( g+ K6 r( a$ s& [But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.
" e; }( F- n! N) \, H可是老先生却恰恰相反,不论晴天雨天,老先生都很高兴。
1 X4 i1 y% o) V9 r7 g9 A+ B; nOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
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and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
* E* A' g f7 Z3 s( F雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好,3 Z( M/ P$ V$ H% h+ v, U; g
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.$ q/ ~7 \" N) \+ y( i# L/ m
其实,幸福就是一种心情,6 Z2 v6 r* Z& b. A- z8 t
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
: [' Z4 g* o5 d$ s它离你不远,关键是看你知不知足 |
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