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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
5 @) i; L$ g4 T: d" U& iThe 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。
6 A2 t- o7 K- [; o% z  M& ETherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
! b: V% l$ ]) S: Z2 Rthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
. G( z8 X5 w4 K: C! B) DBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
3 j7 O: w: b- R( O. E2 p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。
) H; P( p; ^# @0 s% Y7 ?# bOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
' x' G- F" [8 H) {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.
$ v1 g9 `4 y) n1 S. \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，
) ^. i# ]0 X3 V$ t6 d& F  g- OIt 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.                
/ q( E, X  [( h  x) i! _一对老两口有两个女儿，
) b$ P3 e* A" ], N8 yThe 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