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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活) D: X. }2 i: K( I0 z/ @" U; N+ G
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An elderly couple had two daughters.
$ I4 a6 z! A0 c' b: A0 t4 W一对老两口有两个女儿,* P* ~+ _& O1 A+ f9 ?
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats. ; [ W) H: n+ U# c
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的,二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。5 w! W L1 H! A9 p' a. ?6 U
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,
6 _5 C6 C; c& j/ q P所以,每当遇到晴天的时候,$ A' ^, w) @- Z4 \
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
* Z; T! _. z/ ]1 L% y# d做母亲的就会叹气:“哎!大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”# Z9 N" Y9 e0 N4 t
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.”0 L' R; y, @! X1 q' g9 a# w
遇到雨天,她还是会叹气:“二女婿的草帽没人买了!” ,9 l. o/ D8 z7 ` Q
So she was never happy, rain or shine. y6 J1 t* q+ A8 e; r* l5 w
所以,晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
/ ?- x9 ?3 u% r2 b. J/ Y9 A8 mBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.
8 m( w$ l" _( @( S' [( } ^可是老先生却恰恰相反,不论晴天雨天,老先生都很高兴。
/ [2 s! Y% A; S1 rOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
- P# t3 V2 d: n; z7 I晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好,
& u9 |+ x; T8 @; Y+ g1 o2 A$ Wand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
1 h4 K6 j8 H- T# W0 G) l# n雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好,
. @+ i, M- k9 {% k8 i; GIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.) n6 A0 x* n" ~
其实,幸福就是一种心情,
( t5 q$ O6 Y& r; O% n! pIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.3 P5 A, r$ X: O# E' e
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