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

/ q) l7 @. ~* J) XAn 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 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。
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.”
3 q6 f. }' U0 v7 @, n# J& }2 G做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
! \7 x, }  U. ZBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
$ z8 m2 T9 h) k: y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.
0 d3 W  g4 B4 w. }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.         
+ D' r- b6 S0 z- r+ }8 ^% v3 X可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
) V6 R  R1 v. A5 F3 M% IOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
$ P8 g& b0 T/ E  f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.
, w$ v6 X  V4 x, m雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
4 t8 b8 o$ c; a4 K  w其实，幸福就是一种心情，
' e+ Z8 i/ K$ a4 wIt 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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' ]0 m) K" G7 ?6 M0 EAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
# o2 ^! Y9 `2 W  Q" w一对老两口有两个女儿，
# t! u: a7 y( q$ G; v7 ]$ uThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
( S. }) w# b- C. R- Sjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

. O: K2 b/ v' s" r/ h1 s: Vthank you brother