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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( H8 W' G0 I3 |# S- WAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
) w  r! Q7 X+ W% Q: z一对老两口有两个女儿，
6 E) R1 j" q4 j2 YThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
! R7 I( X1 c5 Y! W* W  P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,                
9 j6 c9 p# ]( M! Y. v2 E, }0 I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.”
& a  p  ^. j9 }$ {+ l做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
, t- R) q% X( m6 D! z; u& ABut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
7 ~+ V+ f% j. C- r1 _; Q8 t5 p" t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。
But 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,
) C5 p' W" ?+ B0 t) s; Q, P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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
( L2 ^0 d/ Z/ O( @7 p# L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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
4 @3 w) c4 d- u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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

- r5 s# \8 W, r) i* J9 N8 P3 vthank you brother