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.                
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.                
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.”
) l2 q9 ~5 o. o+ J9 v5 f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.”
% f' {( e/ S& D, p5 P4 Y4 a' N, n1 S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.
" P9 K+ @4 k& e所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
1 ]' c& @$ x. U5 bBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
2 r- s8 e. O* Q! a$ 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，
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，
: g7 F( O/ L: a# J9 a/ [In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
- a+ Y( g8 ]& V/ e1 L- b& ?4 y其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
! S/ U! p* ^- [* [1 X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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& d( W- w' W! h, p' _An elderly couple had two daughters.                
4 S) ^& f4 P7 e0 q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

6 q9 M7 l: [' B3 x, ?9 K& F( athank you brother