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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0 O) T$ g2 N9 x2 L+ Q) fAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
2 u) i- X. q& S, Z& F0 ~, k一对老两口有两个女儿，
. \8 g6 D$ m6 C" i" wThe 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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
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.”
* w* D/ x1 X6 w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.”
1 U( Y0 N7 q! |" p, p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.         
. o- o, H, c; ~* e; x+ z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，
" B9 [8 {4 b: e  U6 eand 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，
4 G5 _/ Z; a1 x$ ~7 h8 xIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
4 g, e" U# P4 V- V  r7 B' p其实，幸福就是一种心情，
* `5 N! U" }  d/ P: SIt 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.                
1 w$ i5 _, y# p/ Z5 @' I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

' i% R( `+ t- D" ^' _/ N$ pthank you brother