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.                
! d7 B% P4 k8 [一对老两口有两个女儿，
% \- b. X: j6 d6 }; EThe 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。
' A4 n" `. o+ D- m) f2 x; eTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
* A, _% x8 S4 athe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
6 z3 b  m# z+ F9 w9 O2 h' O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.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
2 h( x5 V' F! C7 M( o9 S4 l! DSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
( ^* ~6 B  o+ J9 p所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
4 V8 I! j& f1 i9 ~3 p& g, IBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
" R7 ~4 H$ Q7 r( x5 o- }3 C4 m- V可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
$ P7 U: i: v2 p5 q7 J% x& ^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.
2 u4 K' ?5 u1 y雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
) z7 i, I2 i/ r' c其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
" u- |9 z5 y& Z1 q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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
/ B2 d" W' A. d" L# j- @0 EThe 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