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

  p) |2 o. N$ u' e7 ?An elderly couple had two daughters.                
8 ?3 g* L4 s% d+ i  G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.                
1 l- A5 _* g, h+ M' W大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
% S9 `6 C2 e6 `: g1 ?Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
. _# N. g3 U4 a' U' G$ I5 W+ G; z所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
. Z  s- Q1 C! e; Z2 a% Y) [2 d% Ethe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
! a3 x: l2 H* @9 E做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
8 Q3 S  F# W0 `6 t' b  uBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
- }: y- Y1 o1 S' sSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
6 e8 _- a0 f6 f6 _所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
5 ?* h! T9 v# F6 PBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
0 m% D# a/ C2 S/ r: ]  ^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，
: L# r- Y  |8 P/ |- f! c8 v; Band 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，
6 D& U1 J( ]2 b, t  aIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
$ I, [( Q9 m: v; l5 WIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
; C% Y5 o+ j9 v' `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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
; Z( N- I) k" r9 i; f! f9 M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 ...
& }  }7 F) D7 h4 \8 ^- w+ mjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

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