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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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.                
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
: o$ L7 U4 C/ {6 uTherefore, 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.”
' {5 O: n( j  f9 ]/ B# g" q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.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
4 |/ ?) a7 [/ [4 W/ _9 eSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
5 l, c' r$ r, Z& Q) R) O* X; j' `  }: dBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
" F0 Y: I; U) f可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
* B' X# _4 y$ a3 H. w! KOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
+ t8 f. O4 t( A! Y8 I" D0 m" _5 R5 T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.
. d5 r: q9 J. l. [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，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
0 o! F, I' |; O$ I, ~) i" w一对老两口有两个女儿，
4 r6 q: R/ T; Z/ {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