純正地道美語 第263期(外教講解):談星座

Angela:Hey Lydia, what are you reading?

Lydia:I’m looking at my horoscope for this month! My outlook is very positive. It says that I should take a vacation to someplace exotic, and that I will have a passionate summer fling!

Angela: What are you talking about? Let me see that... What are horoscopes?

Lydia: It’s a prediction of your month, based on your zodiac sign. You have a different sign for the month and date you were born in. I was born on April 15th, so I’m an Aries. When were you born?

Angela: January 5th.

Lydia: Let’s see. . . you’re a Capricorn. It says that you will be feeling stress at work, but you could see new, exciting developments in your love life . Looks like we’ll both have interesting summers!

Angela: That’s bogus. I don’t feel any stress at work, and my love life is practically nonexistent. This zodiac stuff is all a bunch of nonsense.

Lydia:No, it’s not, your astrology sign can tell you a lot about your personality. See? It says that an Aries is energetic and loves to socialize.

Angela:Well, you certainly match those criteria, but they’re so broad they could apply to anyone. What does it say about me?

Lydia:A Capricorn is serious-minded and practical. She likes to do things in conventional ways. That sounds just like you!

horoscope n.星象

outlook n.預測，前景

fling n.一時的行樂

zodiac n.十二宮圖

Aries n.白羊座

Capricorn n. 摩羯座

bogus adj.假的; 僞造的

astrology n.占星術; 占星學

serious-minded a.認真的

Angela: Lydia，你在讀什麼？

Lydia: 我正在看這個月的星象。關於我的預測很棒。那上面說我應該去某個異域的地方去度假。那樣我就會有一個激情的夏日豔遇。
Angela: 你在說什麼？讓我看看，什麼是星象？

Lydia: 根據你的星座，對每個月所發生的事進行預測。你出生在哪個月份，就有對應的星座。我是4月15日出生的，所以我是白羊座，你是什麼時候出生的？

Angela: 1月5日。

Lydia: 讓我看看……你是摩羯座。星象說工作時你會感到有壓力，但是你會在愛情中剛看到新的，讓人激動的進展。看起來我們的夏天都很有趣。

Angela: 那是騙人的，我並沒有感到工作上的壓力，而且我根本沒遇到愛情。這個星象圖只是一派胡言。

Lydia: 不是你說的那樣，占星術星座能告訴你很多個性方面的事。明白了嗎？那上面說白羊座精力充沛，而且愛社交。

Angela: 你當然符合這些標準，但是所說的內容太廣泛了，它適用於每個人。關於我，那上面說了些什麼？

Lydia: 魔蠍座很認真而且很實際。她喜歡按常規的方式做事。聽上去很像你的性格。