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.                
; ~9 f0 K5 r, \. 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。
Therefore, 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。”
$ z7 |. Y. V- G* N! r' \8 O4 x8 ~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.”
2 G* K0 f+ C9 I0 a& |2 l遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
' R) Z( L' I" D/ p' ]So she was never happy, rain or shine.
3 Y8 A. O- e5 S) w* e5 o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,
) J3 X  p3 W6 D1 c# z6 i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.
2 z' i# O+ A& ?6 F雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
! [9 d' f1 p3 T- `In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
! b  {( `# z: }; zIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
* }/ z8 ]0 ^6 K0 K& z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

1 z4 Z4 |0 \. t( t" ?* q$ {8 gAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
& X, A! Q5 U2 x5 E" m; s: [% H/ \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 ...
+ p: b! }2 Z3 W" Qjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother