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

0 t/ E- Y$ L8 |& z6 @An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
& @" L+ ?  z5 ?) h& wThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
/ F( n; a; H4 \; T5 p) k大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
8 ^/ l3 _4 F0 J' y7 N+ o3 FTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
! s$ ]5 W# _1 R) {; F1 o所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
% l( ?; ^4 D7 q8 V$ x" G$ uthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
$ g2 W& N0 I2 D5 i0 E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.         
1 J( `! v' d( S* W5 f# N. C) O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，
* j, L8 ~$ x) F" b' l) D2 ~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，
, m; k( F- `' t1 |; sIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
( p& q& _% n; y( bIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
4 j; \% w/ M# W% f& w* K  c- 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

/ f5 |2 i  F; B8 N: T. G/ f! \1 OAn 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