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
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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
4 _8 e; Z' C$ }5 u4 \一对老两口有两个女儿，
/ ?# m7 R+ W% S( R- _3 I8 fThe 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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
- j' Q" B" w" {8 B. s所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
7 k9 _: n- a+ p0 m; ^; e: c9 }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。
2 ^  [' u* ^$ ]) X% l* n  \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，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% ~' k/ V6 n+ x; c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.                
& y& ]% H) F: G/ T7 y) a$ T. d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 ...
0 m0 a- B! v8 u2 c% r  Ljack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

5 g# t; H7 V6 \0 d  {thank you brother