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

& F3 T0 @; ~7 f* ~0 L$ g- CAn elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
8 ?% s2 ]9 |& n# N4 e% P. F; oThe 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。
0 c" \1 f" b' `7 V/ uTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
0 n" ]7 l' u! O6 {' g3 L. othe mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
- c* I; T' c- \9 f+ V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.
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,
晴天时他想到二女婿的草帽会卖得好，
) s8 M, q0 W$ o( @# r  uand 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，
  }! n: j6 G" E: F0 G6 @In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
0 ~9 X/ q# q9 S9 LIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
% q) o  Z- c9 b% g1 d' H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

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 wa ...
jack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

  l4 @9 N4 a# i! e3 @thank you brother