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.                
( P" P. P: |1 [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.                
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,                
* G5 s- t5 l/ p7 J9 @& C' Q所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
" V7 P+ w" W" }% u( gthe 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。”
, [  W3 F3 {# Y6 GBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
4 r+ r% z" j/ q( R0 [7 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.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
* m  B0 k  j% m# _7 YBut 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。
% N8 B- C$ z  LOn 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，
9 I" A" ?# J2 z: Cand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
, S% |2 N% N) J& g' R! Y雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
* s+ W# e3 Z& g, ^In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
: H. d  T0 F8 l. m  ^其实，幸福就是一种心情，
0 P: t: X2 h/ w$ \4 Z" b  ?, y$ R; Q! EIt 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

6 Q% q7 @# m( h, e2 z! ]An 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 ...
- G8 l! g3 \0 V& H0 x, jjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother