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，
& T6 h- ~' P# G$ |4 a4 r* v' EThe older daughter was married to a man who sold umbrellas, while the younger one was married to a man who sold straw hats.                
& v9 |. M. z  V) 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。
& Z, u; e8 h# j# \Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
  A9 t" t  i+ q所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
the 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。”
- r4 P$ r- M3 V# VBut 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，
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，
5 C+ Q- i  M9 z- Q; ?" m2 h4 CIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
9 W4 i- m, }$ T. y) `0 }1 T2 sIt is never far from you, depending on whether you are contented or not.
0 h: ]& X8 N6 w3 N8 B. R6 ^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 ...
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$ e- h) p5 `' |* b4 y- [thank you brother