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

/ c& d7 m9 ^  a0 NAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
% O; ?: m( _$ o+ Y* ^一对老两口有两个女儿，
* B0 N! c/ P; w4 l1 |The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
/ G/ v) ]: V( U! \5 i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,                
5 f9 H( \# h" ]所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
) d5 ]4 {6 w) P: m9 a8 D8 U9 h& Dthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
3 V/ S; M0 c( y. i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.”
' {4 w% R  x3 Q1 J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.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
" K4 H! d3 m. J/ S% D9 _, WBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
0 D4 f5 |& |; r2 U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,
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，
7 n+ v2 h" z' Y- cIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It 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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$ x$ d) z, S9 r8 }; CAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
# |2 |9 |6 [9 D  u" Z2 Q6 I( d一对老两口有两个女儿，
2 p1 o% s3 d. ~8 |6 U! [" KThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother