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.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
1 p( |" i5 j% V9 |5 bThe 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。
# E! m, L1 P! N9 ]( {5 X; Y6 kTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
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。”
& b' j8 o4 b, h9 J8 |3 SBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
& x" V8 y0 L( D- g$ \; Q! ^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.
+ h; O; P. }0 u2 |1 t( h所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
; Z) C4 D' e: c6 jBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
& `, @# ^( w3 D8 A可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
9 }$ t  r5 c0 l/ W9 [1 HOn 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.
( k  j3 [/ X) S! W! a" H1 V雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
. ~; _$ U9 W/ l/ QIn 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.
它离你不远，关键是看你知不知足

AASTAR

Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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, h; B; u* q0 r# e# fAn 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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother