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.                
; d/ B$ Q; p) U7 E/ X0 [' T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.                
: g% C5 _0 `# i" n- [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 W2 \; d8 @0 E1 S$ X0 }, RTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
% S+ Z( h6 d8 k2 H: _1 \the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
% X+ Z& q0 x9 B做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
9 O& Q+ C( z% ~6 i; ]; U; yBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
) z( E& e( |) N. }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。
. m8 |# q$ ~3 H4 k. XBut 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。
1 B. \3 a1 i2 l/ T: b; v: U8 BOn 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，
: B% C  o' t+ K' q# }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.
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

9 Y6 \+ l  Y9 i. m' v* D& }$ [An elderly couple had two daughters.                
% _. l4 `4 k2 L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 ...
3 Q3 c) ]: N# ^! W. ljack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother