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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+ M  |3 V/ m: ^% [, P! R$ Q4 C6 kAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
7 W6 i: J3 p- ^( j) V  X& V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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
+ {- X" _. J& Fthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
4 @3 I' y+ J+ b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.”
/ D) U! Q# ?8 R7 |, f遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
1 B, h3 m$ w* r& vSo 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。
6 ~. D3 ^1 w9 C- z" E6 H- g0 E$ ~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.
雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
1 U/ ?  x+ }; _+ b& n8 I9 B( sIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
5 D7 q/ G# B% L: E+ |其实，幸福就是一种心情，
& i4 D0 Y- _' z' x1 S# T' 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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
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 ...
- J* Q9 O4 X% Q; o. U. ejack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

* ]! m7 N9 W% S! G4 qthank you brother