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.                
  y4 c3 Q2 l4 `0 P; z5 I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,                
: P$ n( [% S: B$ N8 C+ l1 O所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
* u! N, F$ @7 D3 L0 zthe 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.”
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.
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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。
! P* E0 ]4 r. \. NOn sunny days, he would think that his younger son-in-law would sell lots of straw hats,
0 r9 |- J: V# Y, E+ y3 S8 Z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，
+ y5 o9 w/ U8 n* v! g# }7 WIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
! Z# B5 \+ m) R; C7 EIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
+ Z  r4 {6 X* b2 M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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An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
: y6 P3 z: z5 ?8 W% S% ]: EThe 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