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

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Seeing Life in a Different Light/换个角度看生活
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" e* L. U$ d* q( s; uAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
$ m( b7 A, `; P7 `2 |; B9 WThe 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，
the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
# Q  `! q  ]2 m$ n4 b0 Q: K做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
  D9 K4 B: m! fBut 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！” ，
So she was never happy, rain or shine.
' A  J5 q) _( f) G1 m所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
/ ], T' z  H2 E: C% KBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
/ P& K- q7 t/ t可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
& s2 |) d( p. ZOn 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，
3 B, {7 J5 b% d4 SIt 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

4 P, J. N9 a' q2 V  z; wAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
7 ^. p& H! n# p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 wa ...
% T5 }; p7 Z' ~. G3 l( cjack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

; k' S$ O7 z: C* M% y; h( N* T  Cthank you brother