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，
7 B, a+ Q$ n- v+ V/ a: OThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
  ^3 A" ~6 E- |1 \1 }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,                
( Y# l6 v5 n' l0 \2 X, |. B所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
! s  N% m% ]8 pthe 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！” ，
4 ^/ Z( V+ I# _! SSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
9 h$ R2 f; U0 I; L5 ^8 G: j所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
! ]. F* x' @2 P, H- ~7 xBut 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,
  C! v% _( C& |& ?5 U1 i4 I# V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.
3 T! t# z, s5 F' x2 e( ^% G+ F0 D雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
$ U/ G4 e& u" C' T4 LIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
/ u  g+ @$ @) X  c- r( A, J! |; K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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3 P+ O$ y! i3 J8 b! `, K! K+ v, J* qAn 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 ...
0 H' U- K+ S* d* w8 U. Z/ d. u" gjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother