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，
3 B; Y* B; M" e' J3 v! Z8 L0 yThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
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，
; l! j; O" E! h$ y# P, Zthe 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。”
! i4 i, N9 o# ~! a& zBut 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！” ，
+ K1 g( \; q" ^; oSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
5 j$ k/ J8 c& \' ^- J  w所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
% F6 D2 u: m6 _8 K: ]  mBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
! s$ N# f' t% v% X/ R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，
; D$ j4 d6 a/ w$ b! N0 C- m+ `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.
. V4 x! Y# w5 w6 w  o' |  ~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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
9 i4 u7 ?, W8 j& A4 C$ h4 o4 U: h9 \一对老两口有两个女儿，
5 _& |/ W8 f% i# `The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
, |; i* L( B! |+ \$ ajack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother