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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.
3 B* X9 M& v! a6 G2 t' s一对老两口有两个女儿,
/ b* {) L# k: i( x. X2 [The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.
+ A3 a* A A4 s3 Y大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的,二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
% m: Q1 A' G, }4 c! X8 x5 eTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,
$ ?% p& _; \- j6 u ]% Q所以,每当遇到晴天的时候,9 P1 D) F2 i, Y4 P! g
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”8 o+ O+ x' C( H
做母亲的就会叹气:“哎!大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”8 {) H" H3 ?( W% M5 z) \9 a8 X
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.”
@% k8 E9 r1 @1 w* N2 H- e遇到雨天,她还是会叹气:“二女婿的草帽没人买了!” ,
+ k6 \+ o4 \( p; R% s! HSo she was never happy, rain or shine.4 A2 r/ K. ? |# M2 f
所以,晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
3 J! g9 x* |: O3 H! qBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine. 1 b0 J* O2 q" g# [, Q
可是老先生却恰恰相反,不论晴天雨天,老先生都很高兴。
I& ?( ]. Z: W5 M4 @7 GOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
$ ^7 S: p. |& G! Q2 x晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好,
. _* N5 _( F3 e: W! l7 s* Tand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas." V! |4 V! C' l/ b" H: @& ~
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好,# ^( ~5 ?' L- F& W1 t
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.) Y& f8 s p2 ], `! {! q/ Z3 q
其实,幸福就是一种心情,
# z( r u- S. H+ ~: t1 ?! @ EIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.$ I9 f& A- P0 m$ B" C
它离你不远,关键是看你知不知足 |
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