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.                
0 O# ?: k7 B" b1 ~+ E一对老两口有两个女儿，
9 s4 Y: |& P$ e1 @" H3 Y( x; V+ mThe 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，
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
: v* G% j; w5 m" S) z做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
, u( A. F/ X2 Y! h7 o7 FBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
. ?5 q" d# E$ O+ ]; H遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
4 `( t8 F- G: s' K  K3 W: oSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
# u& e+ @# d' ^+ q: ?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,
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.
* [% J( G9 V5 F* H' @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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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 wa ...
3 [  p* ~: j% S6 ^5 s3 e9 ljack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother