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.                
- {% E& m% C2 s$ D( I一对老两口有两个女儿，
3 a: X" u% f( O4 W) ?4 @) }. HThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
7 W' n3 x7 R* e& O大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
. f$ U9 d$ v- T5 m  u; @, HTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
. s' E: g- m( D1 E8 athe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
3 P- b( M9 z( a4 j2 v8 q+ r+ {做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
8 I% I6 ^! }* a% I* I. V, J! OBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
+ }3 I8 ?% |: l3 z4 o* R6 g/ Q遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
- e& k+ T8 q/ S; f$ G9 rSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
- }# m7 Z- o6 D1 j& ]) uBut 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 G) K1 u# t& d2 n, _On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
$ ?) \, f& {) m$ L7 K' a晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
+ p- `: I. l: l6 wand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
- H) A1 O: h- t6 C+ Q* x' A雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
6 X- Q8 ~% A  }5 Y$ CIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
/ K9 Y! b3 n. U7 d8 B# G. Z其实，幸福就是一种心情，
) s. g8 r3 t+ T2 r9 jIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
5 @. y6 u  U" f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.                
6 m8 m+ k; ?0 p! |' J2 i( p( z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 ...
9 `1 X4 v! R' u8 F0 D" m8 jjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother