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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/ S" w0 Z2 d0 ^1 t: u, DAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
9 D+ s. L7 s5 S9 J% X# `The older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
3 Z& r& h$ r! p  k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。”
But if it was a rainy day, she would sigh as well: “Nobody’s going to buy my younger son-in-law’s straw hats.”
: R( Q: @& Z, O- h0 g- o8 P7 |遇到雨天，她还是会叹气：“二女婿的草帽没人买了！” ，
# r8 c* T: c7 ^; [/ ISo she was never happy, rain or shine.
# D1 _' `/ ]6 g! M2 q+ v3 k所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
/ i5 Z2 b8 N; pBut her husband saw the matter in a different light.He was happy, rain or shine.         
, ~) C4 L6 [0 n% J6 l$ e可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
2 B: B) d, V- O5 hOn 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，
It 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

AASTAR

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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
: i+ R8 P7 h% z* X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

( U4 }, _& Z8 Q! e1 ~: ?thank you brother