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.                
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。
! A1 x! F8 m8 E3 D4 DTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
$ o) X1 C- b4 q) R5 \+ ~' _' q3 d4 O所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
) o; T0 g' T* w; r: kthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
& A1 z& J' [6 ]3 _  ]- b7 J/ O做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
5 y$ R% S" V, 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.”
/ O% P7 e2 {: B8 T% P' o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.
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.         
7 ]! j" n+ V+ I4 l0 u4 R; I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,
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.
+ M. p6 I( x6 }* D9 R% Y- a9 d雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
9 {1 s/ \5 _8 {5 e, s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

AASTAR

Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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5 Y6 e8 h$ S9 L$ {An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
* L0 X- g" M- o6 e. m: ~2 _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