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.                
+ y3 `% W: e/ p/ a4 E4 R# c一对老两口有两个女儿，
& b2 J% w! R0 S- X5 k: \The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
( t* S" ~7 F3 r9 Q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，
# g# B' y+ B' wthe 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。”
9 ^! s0 o$ y+ D$ j) tBut 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' ^0 p$ R5 r7 i1 L8 ]But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
: {8 c+ X8 c# Q3 O  q! B3 t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,
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.
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
- B6 j( \& D8 a6 O, v, o$ lIn 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.
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

2 |$ M" `# I6 ~! }; KAn 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 wa ...
& P" [: O- t' e0 L; bjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

6 S" B* r+ x' D4 L/ I9 fthank you brother