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.                
6 C) m; S$ S. F, Y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.                
4 x9 X, \# S5 \$ B; P( D大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
: l6 L2 `( o% o# mTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
3 K  V3 Q. y9 t6 g8 c3 [所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
# b9 ~1 _; f8 H. @7 E2 Q# N% othe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
; J& T% E) q1 e/ e! B1 m做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
6 f4 D& H* r2 n! 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.”
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。
  B! M  g) R, \/ \  QBut 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.
: t, \' Q# _5 \" ^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
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8 U" H1 T. z+ B- W; v) T2 TAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
! ^& N/ u7 X. w4 v' S% u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

; [, F9 f! v# I$ m7 Q$ Wthank you brother