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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& Z3 v# C! \+ K& RAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
; X) ?6 z# z" dThe 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,                
0 x: X" N% f( L3 P( P- b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.”
% H9 {+ T& r# F, J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.”
- w0 H- b% X0 W# `% S% {1 B遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
- e/ b% n0 l* n) mSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
0 u* J# w3 j3 H* E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.         
4 Z6 N' {. \, e  w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，
* i9 D; M2 h( B% o/ eand 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.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
% i- b6 B; t+ iIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
, T- z5 m: Z* _5 G, w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

+ |: z; y+ {: d6 z- [& j( DAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
$ n# e- f6 b: a6 gThe 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