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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4 o$ }* ]" t  @9 Y7 W- d0 q: i1 n" _An elderly couple had two daughters.                
一对老两口有两个女儿，
( Q3 K6 C  @; Z/ P+ g( s3 UThe 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。
Therefore, whenever it was a fine day,                
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the mother would sigh: “Oh, it’s a bad day for my elder son-in-law.”
, a3 i- |- v$ f- ~做母亲的就会叹气：“哎！大女婿的雨伞卖不出去了。”
) \7 E) C" Q  F- E+ Z7 kBut 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，
! Y8 p0 ]7 y7 E3 q6 O3 ~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，
+ z# g( }2 p5 A: K% C2 b7 UIn reality, happiness is a kind of attitude.
其实，幸福就是一种心情，
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

An elderly couple had two daughters.                
0 \" n: y6 H" _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 ...
. v9 n5 ~9 ~5 Z. P& ljack_lai 发表于 2010-5-2 22:00

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