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.                
6 L/ O8 C, O: |/ Z1 X一对老两口有两个女儿，
9 z: W* a9 I9 w4 RThe 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。
' P0 P9 r& V0 m6 B6 w$ JTherefore, 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。”
+ H1 ~( F) F/ m8 ?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.”
% Z, b, _) v1 F; z: x* n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.
! T" t9 q* I' B0 ^3 c3 @所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
0 Y" x( m, p7 C) B' _" \! {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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
% O4 A9 z( I6 Z) X7 {- h: D. F晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
" ]9 [) v/ z) r5 H# a5 eand 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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
( [9 ~) e3 e7 f8 y5 H. `It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
; Y: T5 q0 Z# E2 A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，
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
3 C$ \5 _9 y( t( l- w3 Ejack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother