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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, j% ?8 s$ j8 a* vAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
. \6 E+ i+ u% J/ R一对老两口有两个女儿，
, S& N  o5 w! z- Y7 sThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
0 S, o9 f/ U; J+ Q: y  i' f: _! p大女儿嫁给了一个卖雨伞的，二女儿嫁给了一个卖草帽的。
& i, y* P( ~5 E4 XTherefore, 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。”
8 R$ n3 @+ j2 I3 X$ _/ t0 ~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.”
; E( Y, U  e5 b7 k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.
6 ^( A6 l" j1 R* L& e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。
6 Z5 j; B/ P$ [" S1 _' q. Q* f# TOn 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，
2 U8 U% G: K6 XIt 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

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活

- ?; W2 x+ H& ]/ \An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
2 |9 c  e. |& S& VThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
6 {! O2 _' U: Bjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother