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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活! Z8 X1 p$ k* X" _! e# W
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An elderly couple had two daughters.
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The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats. " o1 C$ Y$ m s: L
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的,二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。0 r4 M! S6 W2 s* j- q# m4 C
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day, $ i& s' w1 H- U& ]; a) }
所以,每当遇到晴天的时候,* m7 Q0 Z# F; B
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”) A' m: X, X$ B. y5 m
做母亲的就会叹气:“哎!大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”, k& ?7 r3 E$ |( r. e" G& t. k
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.”
( f4 O" O, Z. p3 \4 f遇到雨天,她还是会叹气:“二女婿的草帽没人买了!” ,
( I' M8 l6 h1 }+ `- FSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
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But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.
6 K+ a: U; i7 i可是老先生却恰恰相反,不论晴天雨天,老先生都很高兴。
% O. P) w+ I' rOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,% M- Z5 p; A6 R; K: `- q. l8 p' {
晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好,
2 x3 f- P: s/ G. T1 tand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
& w, y* f5 y) y {- e雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好,
6 i8 W) e P0 l+ S/ x! d2 Q3 OIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.. l: G B0 V" G! g) a' J
其实,幸福就是一种心情,8 T) [/ A5 z' A% u! K+ d0 A+ @2 r
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
" N5 ]- ]. w& ?5 o它离你不远,关键是看你知不知足 |
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