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

3 d- D* T7 j& ]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.                
- S# _+ m2 j# |+ @+ Y( i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,                
* u- |" B( r1 G: Q所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
' _8 m, r$ Z# L  S- V; |the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
6 \  l% M1 H% o做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
* k3 R$ Y. {% y6 NBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
. j( p' C/ b0 P遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
7 k$ {8 s7 _# k, _, h" L( I' LSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
7 D2 ]" M% R* ~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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
  [0 M; d, y" N0 m  b6 x5 l晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
! O) _0 y$ r2 I9 ]3 U: Z9 }4 r; V, Xand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
9 k% {* z1 R+ l. W; l! v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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
8 n: r+ T- H- CThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
' _* s% Y4 @- J$ B" rjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

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