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.                
0 k6 F; h4 s% o2 @' \$ T- K* I一对老两口有两个女儿，
8 l; D0 T% ^% t/ o4 @3 dThe 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,                
/ S4 s) a7 [  n$ w5 Y% r: w8 \所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
1 y7 V4 E2 ?; \+ H- D8 ^2 o5 L; Bthe 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。”
But 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！” ，
/ q/ {; ~# [* gSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
: R* I8 ~& H3 G# h% g0 EBut 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。
& |: O' N9 I' `6 B3 L  D- ~On 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，
+ }9 m0 {- G; oand 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，
/ F- F' G( w8 X: M* B, w1 k" KIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
% J( _7 O; l8 X4 B. M% L/ {0 l1 M+ x其实，幸福就是一种心情，
% g0 z4 ?2 F. m) F3 L/ sIt 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，
$ s9 i# G; u/ Q/ Q) b: uThe 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

" E4 @3 O7 Q! V% uthank you brother