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 x2 ?" C% ~( h- Z一对老两口有两个女儿，
1 V5 ~$ b! ~# P. iThe 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，
8 b7 I6 f5 e4 B1 Ethe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
* O$ [6 ?; m0 p& H0 F5 E做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
7 m. ~7 k" T9 V" x- UBut 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！” ，
! v' Q+ {, T1 b, QSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
# c  s! S, a. I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.         
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
3 h' R; p* V1 HOn 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，
$ B# l6 ?* F8 y: Q/ 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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
1 }  H+ W" B% e5 ~4 oThe 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

1 R2 b( ?# c' cthank you brother