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，
& P9 Y, H% f- x. `: O. PThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
7 _* e0 ]9 _' ?; c/ l  {- d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,                
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.”
1 k; ]& E9 m9 P" _- v* p做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
0 h: c, J1 F- C7 K) i$ G+ n" 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.”
& @4 d; a/ f0 L+ e" [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。
But 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。
8 ?7 p8 C7 B( Y7 o& a1 M# @On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
+ W$ f* R+ q2 D  k, U6 N8 ]晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
/ b* C, @+ V: ]+ U; _/ J* ^and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
1 h5 ~9 H, X! 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.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
; }  L" T+ g6 b它离你不远，关键是看你知不知足

AASTAR

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，
* N! j+ D2 V/ r' rThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
+ d6 h$ X3 E# ijack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother