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.                
# h3 q9 q, p2 @& {2 r" z4 x: J0 x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.                
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
) w" T$ x% P3 t8 c2 P/ t* B* x& A1 d. u2 ~Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
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。”
0 u: b3 N  t0 p' C' Q  VBut 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.
( o6 l0 \7 P+ @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.         
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
+ W4 [' K2 A8 D4 TOn 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.
6 V- q9 ?. o( S5 k9 N" ]0 j1 i$ H雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
6 U4 }0 U; ^) `9 M0 y+ |' gIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
7 j. z& P2 Y+ b' A( a/ o0 s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

8 @' t  j  H1 G2 a; l+ }An elderly couple had two daughters.                
- [6 w% _& M' x# f: w5 U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 wa ...
' L: l1 u5 `; @3 k" S; o, _jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

3 {. P4 M& C& I7 Z) [5 M0 l! [thank you brother