Seeing Life in a Different Light /换个角度看生活

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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7 e' H8 D9 }' x* D7 h" H  lAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
  ~& t$ T/ J( \" S3 N* }: a一对老两口有两个女儿，
) q! R, f3 B- o4 ~The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
$ r! u7 q2 }% s5 a" D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,                
3 L6 E3 T$ N9 t所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
/ }4 n# D9 f. _3 \7 M: g3 Y# qthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
" m% u# X4 j6 F0 Y0 J做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
4 U0 I3 P4 S% W# y% U/ |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.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
% _6 `% W0 w0 o$ M8 OSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
& Q& b5 s" U5 rBut 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。
0 D. n/ Z5 P% s* J  G8 _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，
' H1 D( Z. l9 xIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
1 s" e3 S, }* A0 _其实，幸福就是一种心情，
' Y% s% O% E! H' o! J6 FIt 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

! J8 L% _  q  G: L+ l/ y9 m  Q8 VAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
2 k& E% b. ~/ A! Q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 ...
0 H) q: z2 x& Q8 Z3 sjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

* J6 `" E3 ~/ pthank you brother