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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
8 C# e. V3 g! H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.                
6 t, X7 x' k5 g. a4 [( R8 }4 T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,                
7 `+ O. b  d  L( z1 w; h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.”
做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
; L7 Y: _4 H7 QBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
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.
+ }' ^7 k- ?: n6 Y所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
( r! U7 n4 `$ R% G5 x/ kBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
; j/ |9 g1 J3 S5 G可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
6 I& T; W! O5 V* F1 i, \$ l1 POn 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.
7 E2 W/ b: h4 O' i雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
5 G8 U. O! u. z9 H$ s其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
( U  S* I) I) `# l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

" q( j, I) i7 j2 X- ?An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
# K4 j2 K4 g8 O6 |7 RThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
' l+ J9 x1 W8 |* R! y2 d) T  p+ N, Q5 njack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother