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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
% P  e$ c8 T* o& s# m& T一对老两口有两个女儿，
% J: G4 C! o3 \: _) `2 VThe 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,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
- P2 i& P# k0 {2 c5 k0 k8 |+ e' E2 ?the 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。”
0 s: S' D  K8 ?. o8 cBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
' M  i$ b. [* ?4 w! q1 K( c- [& H遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
, Q* j% g, f) Y3 G9 YSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
3 |. `2 M4 O: lBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
: U" W& }1 X. I6 \  M/ |可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
5 Q, j+ ^! P  S/ H$ D' O' `+ FOn 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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
7 G% G* ]5 [) S' C: S" Y4 p4 B其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
3 O4 j6 w$ e, Z# ]- E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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
( ?% K2 ?2 {) N3 W+ Y1 Z* {$ @6 H3 hThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
" s' x! _* R' Z1 w1 Y3 wjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother