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.                
' r3 j, W) R0 I, O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.                
4 @- t# b- ^! V: \5 C% g* m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.”
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。
5 c3 w3 |7 K' x$ }9 N" h, s) |But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
6 {" D4 J) z8 p. U; z) h5 [# u可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
5 l* F9 j& ?. d+ N) E, b" sOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
2 g' C3 o4 y# A) {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.
% s4 B: v/ x. `5 h2 T# c. P. F其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
( G0 G% o, ?# `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

; s5 d( O5 C7 W4 X/ M7 o; s! GAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
5 P% C4 p/ h$ f: Y: {# w4 q! ?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

; A  N1 M8 h' d3 P# ]# ~thank you brother