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，
The 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，
1 L0 ^* u8 _: G6 D5 }' }; q5 V; y$ lthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
% b# n5 j3 r, J/ [做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
$ |* W6 l9 W9 R. R5 I! tBut 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！” ，
2 t" g) T  A4 e5 z4 f$ L4 k  }So she was never happy, rain or shine.
所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
2 R$ z. d0 _* F' Q) _But her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
( q. q2 w8 p8 r- P2 Z7 u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,
& h; x1 k- e6 @5 j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，
. |2 d5 b! `/ P( u" }# k* n6 |It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% n7 ^6 r( @2 J# x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.                
  z" N% ]) P' M& e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 ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother