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.                
9 G7 _; i  ^/ i8 [' {: l9 m一对老两口有两个女儿，
" S. T! X- O7 B) T, j6 TThe 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。
9 s3 R& y6 V& u1 c9 BTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
! {* a$ j, A/ q) W) P+ S( J1 ~the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
* k/ Q7 Q/ p, ^做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
0 U' Q: b; x7 U  u9 F3 CBut 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！” ，
* R7 v& ^" C1 lSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
+ q9 w4 w% l, E5 q所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
/ _$ Z" b* u+ pBut 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，
7 K& Q. g/ @: X" mIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
1 }7 g  x& [- [7 s0 n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.                
$ `- k' ^% i& q; t9 N一对老两口有两个女儿，
+ o3 n1 t, Q+ N- BThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
6 t4 c3 V; e% ]3 w* jjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother