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.                
; w$ o4 u( ]0 r0 S% @一对老两口有两个女儿，
3 |7 {+ ~1 O4 M% KThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
% i9 n% P. `6 h1 q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，
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
' L1 S' h9 T0 M+ z  j' T" n做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
/ w) N' H! l* ?( n* r( r) E! x) [! EBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
2 n3 s7 L2 D$ }7 G% y/ h4 ^# K遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
1 L# n* ^$ e( `! [; ^7 n- pSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
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.         
. w2 n1 x0 g9 {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,
7 G$ F0 M4 _6 N" ~, B! Q' N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.
) q; d2 P3 L* i: R( v4 o) ^1 F4 O- S雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
3 n/ D3 Q  V4 R* S3 P% m3 @! _In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
2 N+ u& U: ~: ?$ w其实，幸福就是一种心情，
. o% u; U1 \. h. s% g9 Q0 vIt 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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
. r; `2 ~, G, D% x1 ~# |The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
, J" o/ y: x; L& K! }- v8 ?jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother