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

  S; m/ A, [& }An elderly couple had two daughters.                
/ H( G4 x- c) [) x+ X- W+ F  [一对老两口有两个女儿，
. Z" d$ V: ?0 R; ?4 L" e$ \The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
5 Q, _0 M  Q6 w2 x4 wTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
1 u! k7 M/ I  Q' t% {- wthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
8 E! x! R$ J0 q- {2 P, g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。
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。
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，
; }- n# X( [# B! e  @+ F7 ]4 uIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
' N* h2 `2 W/ O0 UIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
2 ]% Z. q8 y" ~* E- t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，
The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
9 t4 A; h4 ]5 U, C3 O* P( x6 n6 ^4 Zjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother