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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/ h- I1 g9 L+ L% NAn 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.                
$ l4 U% g& W  P2 k9 y/ G0 p+ l* i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,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
( O* D& N  i7 A3 L& o/ ithe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
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！” ，
So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
- r: e7 o9 ?; w, _! n. {But 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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
, W3 Z8 }% Y( C晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
/ c6 ^+ E* n- z8 |% xand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
0 G5 G0 H4 D- {雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
1 C1 l( d8 D" M, q  a& @9 f其实，幸福就是一种心情，
$ @; k$ O  a1 t/ t7 jIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
4 R' M1 o/ k8 B$ O: P; N, [8 ~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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
  h, n3 E9 G) ^2 a: a+ t一对老两口有两个女儿，
# W# O+ c4 T& G; H- P% ^The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
" W- I" ]" y$ f8 j' Ljack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother