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.                
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，
8 `' r6 H1 x; N+ t; O5 _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。”
! o8 C0 W3 ?% Z7 rBut if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
% C+ e( x) C, F6 i2 a) n( }5 }遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
# K  T( {! f0 L1 C0 N7 F& `  tSo she was never happy, rain or shine.
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.         
* F8 c9 ~/ B, P- s" f$ L可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
# \, R( d, o/ V1 M2 BOn 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，
4 E4 T# l' Z5 T8 o# }) Q- O$ y/ I/ wand 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，
8 J$ w( [7 a/ [  GIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
7 v5 @" z+ D$ e2 J其实，幸福就是一种心情，
- r; U. \' t0 G; z. U" R, gIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
2 G+ K" U6 y0 s  N% U1 R* M& @! a2 J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

/ I! W5 Q  _, r( ~$ G5 ^" T; @An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
7 d$ C4 Z5 A( n: W8 F; S9 F) @2 dThe 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