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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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+ ^( P' y4 W4 oAn elderly couple had two daughters. 2 [. f g- Z; f: Q
一对老两口有两个女儿，) `6 Q I' G" ?; W! s( H" f: x4 H
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.
3 r8 d: [+ ^& e大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
" b2 ~' }6 z# @3 U& K# O5 G9 WTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,
/ [ z! d) o$ }8 P" o1 u7 H所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，7 ~, e5 Z. Y' ~$ I
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
6 `' t! }+ G3 w4 a" @' y做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
; k1 m( B2 J0 X4 l& d1 H0 aBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”( [8 \+ B* M8 Y, Z3 X0 Z5 i
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
# ?: ?3 q% o+ U5 `7 e! y( wSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
+ a/ w& V; c0 B所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。( R2 z! j( H0 O9 X! i
But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine. Q7 l" m& d$ T3 k' d
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。4 M# A0 B0 q6 i0 A) b. T
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
- J: u. k4 y! g3 s晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
2 _+ T, }( i0 p8 A; V8 xand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.! n6 R% A3 ]9 \! w
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
- W6 o, |- V: z4 _In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.1 P5 v; U4 H7 R
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
! O6 q7 t8 z9 O6 h( lIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
6 p( Z A$ K' v @& s, \它离你不远，关键是看你知不知足 |
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