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。
4 I0 `4 ^3 j9 ITherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
# B' z; \; z1 a2 O8 U所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
- X0 T! [( q4 `* qthe 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。”
But 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！” ，
) a/ N: F! \( r/ ^3 zSo 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 ?; K) Z; h: q6 q可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
! x1 x- i  _& I9 fOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
$ I' ?4 @2 q  y; b7 K5 j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，
, Y+ ~. s+ Y1 a# M0 zIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
# G. T0 y+ {4 O% A7 l其实，幸福就是一种心情，
# Q* U; g+ U2 A( wIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% C" Y" f6 |9 |3 W: ^# i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，
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