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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. C% P9 V  S5 L$ u! uAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
3 Y' I2 @% s2 L8 u( D- x2 |+ TThe 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。
; T) K( c0 F9 |0 iTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
: U; X/ P0 D/ T' m; J( w) s: T% ]/ T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.”
& V  v# \2 b# R1 M" Y% ^做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
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.”
% Q0 e* G) P9 ?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.
) h  \9 _7 X7 T3 w. h* m, s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.         
7 C0 [/ g6 l) x. i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，
5 k% G9 z/ L$ p9 [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.
  h) w4 o& \9 ^3 J& a其实，幸福就是一种心情，
+ o7 \. D3 l* [. xIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
0 l0 W. ]3 ^6 E3 N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，
7 W" F) u& ~5 D0 NThe 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

thank you brother