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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
! {0 Y3 z2 e/ @6 a% P一对老两口有两个女儿，
0 T% V/ [6 m+ P4 O2 f% 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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
$ A% y6 g1 B8 O, z* N( z, u所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
" Q: z: f! u4 h0 o( J% Xthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
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.”
0 l4 x. B4 [2 Z7 w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。
! V6 k' k6 X& N) t9 uBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
' H( X) h/ |- M  y4 A$ w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,
7 v1 t6 k- _) v( X晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
( l8 l; C" H! |and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
: b3 P- @6 y) f雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
7 B. M( u' U; X2 d9 ~其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
" {( }% f) I+ v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，
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
0 p( x. i8 i  \( Zjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother