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.                
7 M' V* O; B! A2 q% l- }+ H$ U6 M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,                
" g3 P  w" X( s8 ~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.”
- _/ t5 s. ?$ `! j* \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  l* W; [( _* G# W, P9 W# c0 Q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.
1 o; ]3 t& S4 T& d# i/ J所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
- C+ I% W& }6 n7 G9 K2 d; f: PBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
: Y2 {+ F" n! Q7 W! n可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
0 B8 \( W; Y! pOn 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，
- _9 O$ r- ?+ }0 O. d. _4 H1 dand 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.
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

8 n9 T3 w) Q& b+ ]; U! T- s$ oAn 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 ...
" V5 u  D( G8 {3 Hjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother