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.                
) ?$ q% k1 c# P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。
4 c* v5 x% c5 T) S" u5 YTherefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
, N1 X9 a2 _- s所以，每当遇到晴天的时候，
$ H3 M9 Q" I0 B1 [, Othe 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！” ，
. f9 A' G# B" wSo 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，
& q5 o4 P5 J. e% w, ~and on rainy days he would think of his elder son-in-law doing well selling his umbrellas.
1 Y" a& f' S) _8 B雨天时他想到大女婿的雨伞会卖得好，
In reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
9 M6 f, D5 ~) E" D1 N' V' o其实，幸福就是一种心情，
3 x4 D' g+ G5 fIt 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

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

thank you brother