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，
: g0 M8 u/ T8 ^! ~) sThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
7 H! _+ h( ^  f* n% C0 U大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
5 c. r; E) ^. _1 f% |* y  PTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
. H: Z1 {( f& r' S所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
; U) g- T% K2 L% v9 o9 Wthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
% c5 V* q4 d0 ^; K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.”
3 y1 k- W/ S7 ]# G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.
1 @! k2 a4 ~6 q+ D( `; u6 L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.         
2 A1 C6 b7 A/ G) \( O可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
$ X5 X8 W9 b# C' W+ OOn 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.
! ]- q- b: B. O$ T% w雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
$ X0 W; q) u& zIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
' F9 l' J9 b4 ^$ F/ `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

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 ...
5 e& T6 @# y" P4 }jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother