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.                
  c+ a4 p+ f# d( k+ `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.                
+ R) Y' ~$ N7 G" n大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
; B/ m' Y! Q) a/ z4 zTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
  U) l  \& j! G  B8 G5 s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.”
! d  p/ Y6 h$ C6 _' V& [2 S做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
) u: ~& B9 W( ^& OBut 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！” ，
So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
" G& ]: W7 q8 C  p7 V( ~But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
7 K( P$ D* `. _2 V/ k/ z: R可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
" S! o* [& N- K4 b% cOn 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 N! c) V$ K9 g; B  K" T雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
8 E+ V' Z9 ^  tIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
/ C# E* _  @9 R  a2 qIt 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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
" _5 G) G  S; u, L9 ?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

+ b2 N3 v# A' \6 W) Q" a' Nthank you brother