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.                
7 J' p0 V# R; \4 t一对老两口有两个女儿，
7 {& t  s' k6 q* JThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
8 I0 g- ^6 z& j大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
% x# x2 i; K9 B/ NTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
. `; W( @) R3 r/ @( d: lthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
2 P, J( @2 p, P3 ^做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
, ], H/ M+ M6 X7 ]$ N# }' Z5 T' kBut 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！” ，
) A7 ]0 w4 D* |1 V5 T  DSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
* O, j$ f6 ^. C* w& }- h9 M# eBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
: \- ^* Z, b1 }0 Q8 \1 d" W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,
9 N0 ^  f* e& P2 T2 V0 n3 C晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
8 Q- m: N" e  m3 U. o$ W6 J; @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，
5 n. E- O6 q  X$ D. X# MIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
0 `( m8 k+ b, m+ h* \4 D$ W其实，幸福就是一种心情，
" G$ p2 d! {; \' ^! kIt 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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
8 S, M9 V7 E8 b" b2 `! l一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ {. d* H9 _. r* ^9 }- BThe 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

3 l2 ~' @. j$ _thank you brother