Seeing Life in a Different Light /换个角度看生活

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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! s6 T* \' @7 ~* v& H( A# m; KAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
) @( C, S* r& r: \8 M. r% `# V一对老两口有两个女儿，
. I8 E6 w  {/ I: G* T6 t( iThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
5 b; k+ p" A0 K$ x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,                
% M$ n: \% d$ Q5 h8 N4 o" B3 Y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.”
/ \) T1 o: v, m9 K- |做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
( h1 Z& C4 b% }- S0 T3 `1 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.”
" m; [% V/ h: U7 o  i0 f, O  T' A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。
- x* B. }& p& O6 e, SBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
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,
, x# S7 L" @  p( k/ A4 x8 o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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
9 K$ L0 x; p& [1 \) wIt 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 ...
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