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
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% Y" \9 v2 @2 n& b9 ~  fAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
$ G0 m/ ?! y3 c/ x) _- UThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
9 g9 [' m" L6 E7 h, Y' W, `7 Z6 y大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
6 ]0 y+ b; m8 ]- uTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
9 m7 H0 x! s" Z" o# K所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
% Z! X# E7 R. O4 l9 s$ M7 \the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
" o7 h: `7 A5 J+ g: FBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
- J; i1 z/ L3 W  b4 ]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.
/ c: S" ^, E4 X, p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.         
3 I1 E8 E% ~, a! u可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
  x: o: s$ U  y4 ~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，
* R: W1 F) F! J  F1 ?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，
/ K. n( \" r7 T5 a4 I& f& z6 |In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
9 Z% h1 h1 Y4 e1 [% Z- C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

+ D# h( @4 u" |+ B2 ^: rAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
& v2 |7 W7 `2 T* O$ p. W0 z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

thank you brother