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，
9 f- p0 S6 ^" N( ~' kThe 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,                
- s6 S% @% u7 q& W所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
3 E. G( c: _. b5 F; \the 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。”
; B8 O1 u3 \; ]) B4 iBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
; G2 r6 _& e+ ]/ p8 @: k0 T2 w5 b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。
0 l, m0 P/ \' U2 |9 ABut 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,
+ m' C1 C( t4 k, w1 f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.
) e' [7 H' U3 \2 i9 \& ^' M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，
1 \, ?5 F9 q- J+ x' eIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
& _/ X4 `4 j8 n& |. l2 a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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! h& u8 `  o8 x# [  v2 T& C2 wAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
( P' ^6 E/ J( K" qThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
- A' J' }/ H1 T, {( I( Pjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother