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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
$ Z0 V6 x- `+ ~* ?- C% O5 C1 P一对老两口有两个女儿，
7 J1 }- V# s7 kThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
7 F5 `0 z5 P: W1 E, B大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
( d) d) h& A4 n9 V# ~Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
4 O4 K& ~* w  k0 h( a' z! gthe 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。”
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.”
* _" ?' Q# T! @  }; B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.
8 \! O8 p$ y% u" J所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
. s0 C5 u3 B5 c; ~/ O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,
" Q% @# w7 C2 j/ q& V1 Q9 n' u$ f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.
7 b7 d" }; u' p' ?# k雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
) p  P! r! Y+ K) T( I5 l其实，幸福就是一种心情，
7 E' d0 ?8 P9 }* JIt 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
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' F: y: X4 a! J& ^) b0 HAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
8 L: B* J- z" f, i; M一对老两口有两个女儿，
: ], w  m! ]! j" `' Y' TThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
, F( p, y8 |% |jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

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