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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' f5 J# J4 ]' l) EAn 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,                
/ b4 ^4 ?$ j8 h. u& j8 h所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
5 P( ^& |% N+ W: j- P  uthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
& u4 }, j2 X" s. q$ [2 l做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
8 d9 D% N$ y0 QBut 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.
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.         
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,
6 r$ w- [% A+ `. a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.
& _% \0 c; y. f雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
6 y3 a6 R0 A( Z! Q" `: U* O其实，幸福就是一种心情，
/ Y7 i: m3 y0 P+ i# ~5 Z! z8 hIt 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
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( r* E9 _: L/ d+ q9 m1 p) GAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
$ ^6 Y$ {6 [  F3 p+ CThe 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