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.                
; j: o5 `% ?( ~# I一对老两口有两个女儿，
) G) h3 K$ M+ Y* V: X' MThe 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。
1 g4 G4 [# A; h4 {. |0 MTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
6 I) s, q- ^, S& R6 X) L( o0 E所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
8 L" G3 N' f( P2 H" L/ athe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
0 w3 t# L' K' w3 L0 v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.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
9 F. P. M5 w5 |9 B( C6 [So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
  P8 |& f. b: K+ X1 {; O+ g2 nBut 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。
% A; ~  @1 F; U% \5 TOn 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，
, X+ A4 D1 v4 R8 A) U- H$ j7 S9 @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.
3 x8 O- e1 ~6 R1 F7 E7 J其实，幸福就是一种心情，
  X% b& C' d/ t) M9 ]It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% y& u  m# r9 ?8 q& c6 P! g. \# z  j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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' R' E) a- ?* ~9 |: ]An elderly couple had two daughters.                
! q5 h7 |0 ?( q! x一对老两口有两个女儿，
- }5 h- E; J+ a4 S2 EThe 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