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

% x" I* R: e; JAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
0 D. J2 i- ?8 L7 l4 Z0 @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.                
. r0 u; Q, g1 v7 f, ]& f大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
6 ~. |* |- \% @; sTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
: c" D& Y- E* F2 s& E: Fthe 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.”
/ z1 q4 L; x5 ]! ]. j遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
( g, ?- I2 u3 L$ G7 D2 {So she was never happy, rain or shine.
* @7 v4 A$ C6 \# |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.         
可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
8 k$ q3 [8 m3 r% NOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
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.
8 ]6 I' }1 M5 J$ R2 v& I  D- R雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
3 x6 V: I4 N  U6 Z3 \: _In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
2 l: P0 @* R; l9 d, D6 a, B其实，幸福就是一种心情，
* V& K0 @' y7 OIt 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

- I8 C5 u0 H2 Y  M1 Q- {+ yAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
4 c9 h+ a1 f8 d* d3 K+ F7 @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 ...
& T+ a" o% F1 v5 b2 rjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

- ^4 \2 H/ m+ [& I* @" N9 mthank you brother