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

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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.                
  W, r' T. [& n* X3 \一对老两口有两个女儿，
; F" q. A! y' ^' z  u, C8 W. \The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
, g0 h" n# @$ v+ v/ y/ u5 L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,                
! d5 @: d4 j7 w5 J; [/ R: @5 W5 }, V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。”
6 R, \! B8 S9 PBut 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！” ，
9 U( [  t' u/ T, v& V/ a2 B% HSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
8 j2 Q4 H/ ^5 e6 e. M' U/ h4 f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.         
5 m: k/ O! E7 b; c& o6 N8 a, ]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,
/ t/ T9 E) c0 x晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
) C* P0 x$ F; x* pand 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，
- h& s6 {/ E; Q5 y/ u5 b9 ?* SIt 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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
" S+ H" M% R  {( f+ ~$ OThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
: @. k8 G4 h: h; S: \0 Ijack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

' \0 r4 R8 T! }9 H" [thank you brother