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，
8 w% {( I7 G/ {# d! w6 [$ qThe 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。
1 l5 U7 D) r2 O; S' e( }Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
! d, n5 f" r# l* H# Y# }+ cthe 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。”
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.”
' Q% @0 f' p, W2 H& G% S* }3 V  E/ H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。
- [# Z" |! U. E, w2 h% [6 EBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
' y$ O0 f* y$ Y9 A' I3 R2 f2 h! y可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
/ _! I5 U+ z- a3 Y: n& @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，
9 f! j" ^, K( `: v' mand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
5 e" k  s6 z1 J雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
( m2 x, l6 d" H7 R6 V2 |- b& hIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
2 s. r0 D  _3 Q3 R) g, Y1 w" UIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
8 Q4 y! o) G2 w5 `5 ?+ ]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

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 wa ...
( Q4 H. g  T! u$ X, M0 `" ijack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother