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.                
1 P- r& b* J+ c$ \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.                
) @  c6 H+ {3 N0 f5 {2 P/ o7 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。
' J$ x0 d3 k5 x" B5 Q3 xTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
3 y' n/ X% j# ?* [9 G/ p& a所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
8 C6 q( P4 b/ V$ `the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
3 _8 y- i/ I3 x' ]: }& L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！” ，
So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
  h3 j+ ^- |4 C- o% pBut 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,
9 p# T0 H+ p) h  P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.
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

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活

- c' l! S' i8 b8 [) l) A: oAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
: q, c% T, g* `一对老两口有两个女儿，
. N. ~- S- p4 ^* H' H# h9 x" pThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
+ N5 T) S! L; e) L9 C! Z! Gjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

* Q! Y0 G- d! e" Tthank you brother