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.                
0 w5 Y; J8 Y. B. @$ K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,                
8 u5 I3 O) j& V4 S, X4 z; q* c所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
9 v0 ]7 n, Z) B! [' }the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
1 P1 M/ V% a9 ?, I' y& a做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
* X- P9 ^9 t. e: YBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
4 |7 x9 ?3 G3 c; W: O4 v. t( R5 M3 ]遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
8 k8 d* e2 N1 y$ W$ _  e- [So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
2 j) X2 h3 a1 b3 I1 I4 i5 }& wBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
  r! O6 h4 t; a5 _; E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,
" g8 L4 T' V  b2 W& _% u5 O$ }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.
, K- z# J6 d( g7 w0 w& a3 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，
0 s$ V8 U3 S$ G, @6 o) ^# X8 G7 eIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
2 t6 B" O! C$ M% a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

& @. Y8 U- j, K- @( BAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
! Z$ G# m7 e# P5 _$ `5 ~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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

- }9 p4 E5 }" W& H  X. S1 H# m6 q5 }4 ithank you brother