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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
9 L& h, x" B3 TThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
4 Z0 C9 P! t7 A' m" H6 u大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
, k- j. M& }& G6 K" L  XTherefore, 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。”
9 }2 [; s1 u7 q" 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.”
% r% v; \9 ~: I; ~* M' m! Q5 v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.
: \: p7 e8 `( j: Y% I! R所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
+ h* m3 E4 S: g1 {, p1 GBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
4 P9 L; v7 {2 u( d# f7 P& H( Y可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
3 J! m  A5 y9 Z, Y5 COn 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.
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，
It 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

- m+ X2 P5 C4 T; B. T+ D5 }" K$ _An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
( U, `# ]1 k9 S5 \# NThe 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

- v) A* V( h% X$ l" x# ~3 lthank you brother