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.                
) k6 b# s& s& E4 [" x4 h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,                
7 ^. r) i9 t: S9 o' l$ w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.”
! M. X+ w. P! s, G  x" s做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
1 q7 ]9 F5 K. ^- X" _! B, gBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
: f6 L% H) G. m2 y8 {8 `遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
% R( @3 e/ O4 }) o& hSo 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.         
* l7 z$ _* |$ a0 ~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,
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，
5 \) C9 r8 v2 M; Y+ \+ YIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% r. H  G9 {9 n( D8 H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.                
. W/ l& w/ r( P! i& Z% U2 v一对老两口有两个女儿，
4 @( T2 z0 f* j% @+ U; v2 _The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
) I9 X) d$ G' Tjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

8 f/ i9 B) \9 _1 |3 Z& Cthank you brother