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，
( Q& M" ]# K4 {The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
* H! \. o) @* h2 i6 X大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
& ~" P  b2 B" @/ T- eTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
& q, g' J2 ]1 z) a; G1 jthe 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。”
4 F  l, e6 T9 V% s) D' v+ ]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.”
1 ^) m/ ^6 C$ Z) l5 z- x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。
9 p' w3 Z. O3 b) X3 F& ZBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
& `7 @3 ~* h* k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,
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.
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
1 k9 A, O6 b; \- L7 x/ TIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
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，
5 a; D; G2 b) W9 \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

thank you brother