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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
9 X" g3 P& U5 d; S( [% D+ J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 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。
3 m0 O" A8 Z7 b5 k( aTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
* D% x% v! R& N* h, E6 m  g所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
9 d6 \0 n7 W0 ^; }the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
& P0 t4 D4 f6 @' ]9 N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.”
9 j1 c; [5 ]; Y# w& M5 @$ v% ^5 M8 Z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.
3 o4 v3 a$ Y) |+ L8 I# A0 g3 t6 ?8 F所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
6 O' Q) O5 W1 |/ }% S1 a/ K: NBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
: R# m/ y+ a" C1 P' h: ?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,
% [7 P2 v8 \3 C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.
# m& Q: S# E# h6 V0 N# m雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
2 r& J3 `# a6 F: h4 ^8 WIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
: ~4 u2 p2 `, w  vIt 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

" W  t5 P$ d+ V9 y5 }4 LAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
  J7 w, x% S, t! Y( m一对老两口有两个女儿，
0 N% F+ a0 A/ g( j' kThe 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

2 L2 K$ F$ R) l0 nthank you brother