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

, Q- K9 m- e. I3 qAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
/ p& e' Y. i0 u6 a2 A% U( |$ @一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ q- t* f  w1 e! d5 R! T& _! i% CThe 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。
' R3 V9 K7 F( b7 T1 S% X3 b* b4 nTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
. }5 ?: s3 k& N" d5 o7 M* ^the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
2 B3 d) \! c; \( E" n做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
9 S4 \$ O) ^6 @; hBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
; X4 e  w% F" E0 [$ [1 v4 B' s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.
+ _+ `4 c' m! g/ h% X1 ~2 r所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
" N8 y" W" `8 }+ q. B1 MBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
) f& F- ?' m2 X8 n" X可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
9 ~( v$ w' P$ {9 ?6 b" }) v! SOn 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，
and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
1 ^* o8 u0 N/ p. _雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
# }- b2 `6 Y$ q2 F  w3 \In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
4 }3 }' E4 a6 `4 m' F, LIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
9 ~3 _& E% o. p: r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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
$ }: F' J9 E* k* H6 ^The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
# O: [, y6 b1 f3 a8 z5 ejack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

0 u9 I$ w" b4 Fthank you brother