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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
+ f# D7 b1 m# A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.                
7 M) |5 f( J$ Y& ]& y+ o0 P% z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，
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。”
2 m, m. i) V& e' r  p  ABut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
/ J4 z' _# \) 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.
% w+ N* Z3 w" }1 K/ _: [0 O) 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。
On sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
/ N9 t$ P3 a/ [1 X7 G; l' w) Z1 X晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
% M9 h8 J/ a. H' B: o6 eand on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
; X& c- Q; G5 \7 L8 a# T8 {雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
7 B" M3 ^" @+ k  n' u1 Z; }  e7 TIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
2 c9 E/ B6 z- w8 k/ i0 _其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
2 e! A" Z4 A1 ^0 S0 W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.                
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The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
" W3 [4 B( Z* {# ejack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother