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$ U4 o# e" V& g5 }- @: [An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
2 |* V+ h0 h0 b2 e: L; i. zThe 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，
6 b4 |0 D: e7 Ithe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
2 c0 {% V9 O6 b9 o9 ~  V! A做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
3 G# @+ @) A( D2 ]7 PBut 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！” ，
$ ^& V3 e6 {- r8 wSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
9 H& u7 ~# ^/ l: s0 t/ J2 LBut 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。
/ B5 ^8 G1 [% `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.
1 [! M" M. O$ J4 o; |0 [雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
) W% y  o( {6 c- p8 B5 {其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
3 C. k# v/ l# u  y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，
3 j% u  {4 @! w6 Z2 T  Q1 o) UThe 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