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.                
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。
- x! a0 q! a9 j8 K9 \Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
4 s  t8 N5 J: [% y3 g( x* W9 z0 t所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
. c1 w( m9 J4 e# m9 S5 tthe 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。”
4 K3 H7 X1 y4 s, ^# XBut 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.         
7 a; \0 U  o; f4 F6 ]# l可是老先生却恰恰相反，不论晴天雨天，老先生都很高兴。
% O8 A/ o5 }# A3 T9 }+ x2 P8 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，
: J, b- f' }# V- {5 x8 t3 Mand 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，
& [  \9 [6 ^9 AIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
# o# t' J& W  |# j" }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

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

3 A4 J  U" }& `5 [. mAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
  L. ^8 z6 B+ ]% {# ]+ E一对老两口有两个女儿，
7 C$ _4 _/ v$ f! wThe 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