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

2 H2 C2 i3 |3 M3 n) B6 r  x4 |An elderly couple had two daughters.                
( r: b, }% B3 Q' S/ R- u' i一对老两口有两个女儿，
4 s' U! n9 v1 a1 mThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
# W# ~' G1 e! _2 U+ u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。”
4 b' e7 _( h$ u! `2 iBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
, K( L' p. z2 }' x; c遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
8 Z7 U! n! ^5 w0 R' j9 Q0 e; qSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
! d# S5 Q6 K0 @- A8 S3 o5 e9 v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.         
2 j/ Q) G$ V4 j可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
. }& t0 r! Z% d. D# k3 O# }* }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，
" x# ], G' Q/ n4 C: L6 DIt 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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
  j) z6 P8 \* i4 wThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

; \, Z4 J& L* ^, Q7 p5 K9 ~thank you brother