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.                
- v6 m% |0 x, m+ \2 B9 m- z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,                
- @5 @# t3 I' }+ S5 v# t4 k+ {: c/ K所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
* X$ [5 J2 J. y/ R' A* @( g: ]! pthe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
3 _0 V7 m) [! e) U7 q3 q8 K9 \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.”
* j' J' T% r9 A5 Z, \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.
9 B. q. [- Q+ {所以，晴天雨天老太太都不高兴。
1 [1 z) g4 P+ M! r& G3 j' [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。
: y% ?# j* i& ZOn 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.
1 U9 Y: I4 U+ h- p+ d2 U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 V, \7 S; C$ A6 g7 c0 u0 a其实，幸福就是一种心情，
It is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
) _; z5 U$ J0 `% [5 g( ~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.                
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' ~8 U1 ^$ E" N0 i$ V  i5 oThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one wa ...
. A% ]# x  @  F. D' I. n1 }jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

thank you brother