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，
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
; U$ Q3 z4 G& l/ g. g( G2 e) E大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
( A  ~  Y* n' \4 u) I' D+ r5 h: |Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
the 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.”
6 V. j2 r& H8 }9 Z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.
: @' d! n2 e# F4 v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.         
7 L  Y7 e$ D: u可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
, ]9 {( T5 f( B" d2 x) g2 L) ?. [9 I7 nOn 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，
* T0 d% v, s, Q5 T6 tand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
8 l6 f2 W/ _4 D其实，幸福就是一种心情，
. ]% e9 ~# J- b9 B7 p  _: VIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
; ]2 ?$ I/ a9 I3 [6 H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

, q% [6 E* \" n' W' W6 p$ `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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

3 |! b/ n6 S* ?, S+ r/ T- ]thank you brother