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.                
! Z4 T( Q- U4 Q" t1 S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.                
2 O8 p" ~. Z& q( N3 U! N9 |& U! 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，
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
" k! h" r3 U* `' A$ a做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
1 V1 P( L7 ^# J( T' E; R1 jBut 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！” ，
1 |- G& R! E6 ^7 b  O9 L* C  S+ y6 FSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
$ z/ M3 Q- A( R2 {6 @所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
/ z& [4 Y! e; y( W0 oBut 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,
晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
, z3 n* K  d  k( X: uand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
" Z9 s! O3 i4 P1 O$ l; 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.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
# t- P8 ]/ ?  n" C, B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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
/ @6 U8 Q9 @& n; O! OThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

, Z, Y- b" n7 K$ }- q$ E- |! u; I) P: Bthank you brother