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.                
3 B# T# d+ H; z; W1 _一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ Y" o# Q2 A/ e* SThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
8 N8 ?) v) \0 u$ m& l+ h( H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，
. Y* R# i, E, H! \8 {/ B6 n% Wthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
$ r. |8 Y7 z' {% |! S0 z做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
1 j4 J) K, X* n9 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.”
遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
7 b$ ~. k8 I, }- e. ZSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
! ]; b) c) c& K- g所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
% F+ @5 Z) w" w# W2 Z+ iBut 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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
4 _/ H* f9 @/ A( p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，
' v9 w! }/ D; [In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
6 J5 M& y0 _3 [. h: j其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
5 }* g9 a& R. r. L# f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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
% D- A. U0 v. v! c( JThe 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