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，
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。
$ N1 i; m/ t* U$ ^* JTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
" z- l9 Z  D. m+ _, j所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
9 p* f6 x6 `+ z1 F1 M* d9 F5 Athe 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。”
" G8 E5 d0 R9 H" t0 xBut 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！” ，
8 i# I+ ]/ y8 F8 c. H  N; g. p7 SSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
3 b9 t& l  G1 O0 v* o& W4 }) y% C所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
6 o4 [) }* ]! m! [2 |: JBut 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。
' x1 o# I+ u6 J; iOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
* T8 k$ ]  a$ _1 o8 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.
8 w% j( q* i5 @  s& @% ]9 d, E6 j雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
" i4 Y9 t0 u* I! E5 |5 GIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
- c) H8 {: w- I4 _" EIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
6 g' [! i; W; Z$ N+ y- i' 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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
, M9 A3 t1 V* f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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother