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，
% H% L4 X2 d8 X! q1 HThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
0 V( T/ M+ h$ K, @# a大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
/ n9 g+ U# |) b9 r5 D/ Q: ]0 {& B1 Q3 ATherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
+ D  l6 I+ @0 n' f5 Q+ G4 s1 k* v: x# Qthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
- u* A$ k5 @6 k2 R( ~  T2 V8 t做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
7 w- d1 V5 D% _# bBut 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！” ，
' X9 S/ z7 w- v3 OSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
6 d& j& T  M" `; k1 O2 _所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
. K7 ]4 @# B( a8 J8 V* U+ h5 a8 IBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
' s% i' z6 I" i: f' b+ H1 \可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
! c2 T/ {/ r% L4 K! Z6 p  ^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，
8 \/ C+ ~* [  s( eand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
* p- S8 h; {2 d8 `* I雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
: B  ?* }. I( H" w8 v3 l, |  DIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
; f9 R$ v$ \8 p( \, _+ \其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It 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

% b* J# I3 x6 s- G5 m) ?An elderly couple had two daughters.                
6 W- o( l& i. ]一对老两口有两个女儿，
- o" F6 c5 X3 w7 c8 tThe 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