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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: G# z) K8 q3 g2 T/ }  `% a2 CAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
0 ]* D0 w0 W2 c& w( R) \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。
* G  W; x' T5 W9 [- |: tTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
4 R$ Y1 P: j0 k  G& e, mthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
5 @; M) Y$ j4 S- z* J) T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.”
+ f8 T" l1 k: 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。
6 U: l, Z* x- eBut 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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
  m) B/ A% E, r# o. h( w5 p( ~/ F晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
( l: U7 u8 s  R3 S4 s- q5 Z* |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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
& p1 S0 D9 E! D7 ]- f其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It 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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother