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

7 f* e5 s' `6 N2 VAn 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 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。
, ]5 i2 y; u4 ?/ z  w# O$ [4 aTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
( o0 Z  S( W4 j3 N6 E) c- L7 V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.”
& X  G; J4 G8 a! z; R7 c' R做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
  S6 e+ G0 e6 d4 g( d9 U/ F8 wBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
7 D/ E2 y! J, l; M6 g. o遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
+ Z9 Y. Z+ a4 Z  ?# z2 p+ s, p( `So she was never happy, rain or shine.
- t4 q- \+ A0 D! S所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
$ y; k1 E3 u! L; Q! h! UBut 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,
( C3 W8 C0 @3 W8 b. o晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
! c# \( a& \1 d; G$ w! Y$ ?and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
  O' U) s- \0 w9 M+ U7 _4 ~6 L雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
  X! g: Q! ?* V2 MIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
+ v$ R: C" U3 ^+ e" kIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
6 \3 ~  A  ~% k6 I3 Z; ^! U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

+ a+ @+ J% v5 N6 pAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
. _: d# ^7 p1 F4 ]- k2 i/ `一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ w2 e2 X, }  {. XThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
4 C0 C3 |. z. y8 q$ Vjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother