时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

 经常收到听众的要求,要我们用英语聊星座。今天就满足大家的愿望。而且,Spencer居然是个星座达人!


关键词:
“星座”英语有好多说法
Astrology, zodiac signs, horoscope, : 星座
但是用法不同:
Astrology: 星象学
Zodiac signs: 星座,用于描述具体的星座
Horoscope: 星座运势,杂志、报纸上的星座部分都叫“Horoscope"
Characteristics: 特点,特质
Astrology is a Western thing, but it's very popular in China: 星座是个西方人的玩意儿,但在中国越来越流行
It's been popular in China for many years: 星座在中国已经流行很久啦
Superstition 1: 迷信
Astronomy: 天文学
怎么用英语问星座?
What's your sign? 你的星座是什么?
What's your astrological sign? 也可以,但太绕口,所以最常用的还是 What's your sign?
Astrological wheel/birth chart: 星盘、命盘
How do you know so much about astrology? 你怎么那么了解星座?
My mom got me into it: 我妈把我领进星座的门
美国人找吉普赛人算命
There're many Gypsy fortune tellers 2 in America. They use tarot cards: 美国有很多吉普赛算命师,用塔罗牌算命
Are Americans into astrology? 美国人迷星座吗?
Some people who are really into it, whereas others will never believe it:有的人很迷星座,也有人永远不会相信
I'm half and half. I'm open enough to believe in it while I also feel it could be complete crap: 我一半一半。我觉得星座还是挺有道理的,但也有可能都是扯淡
But the universe is so complex, who knows? 但是宇宙那么复杂,谁知道呢?
Chinese people like to read horoscopes when it comes to dating and relationships: 中国人谈恋爱的时候,特别爱看星座
美国人也爱聊星座
现在说说12星座
火象星座
Fire Signs: 火象星座
Aries: 白羊座
Leo: 狮子座
Sagittarius:射手座, 注意发音,s?d?i'tε?ri?s, 发d?i,不是ge
土象星座
Earth Signs: 土象星座
Taurus: 金牛座
Virgo: 处女座
Capricorn: 摩羯座
Capricorn reminds me of capsicum and popcorn 3: Capricorn这个词让我联想到甜椒(capsicum)和爆米花(popcorn)
怎么说清你的星座?
Q: What's your sign? 你是什么星座?
A: I'm a ____(星座).
比如:
I'm a Taurus: 我是金牛座,但不能说 I am Taurus.
I am an Aries: 我是白羊座,不是 I am Aries.
大家都爱黑处女座
People always pick on Virgo: 大家都爱黑处女座
To pick on someone: 黑某人
Anal, uptight 4: 龟毛、神经质、挑剔
风象星座
Air Signs: 风向星座
Gemini: 双子座
Libra: 天平座
Aquarius: 水瓶座
Aqua: 在英文通常跟水有关
水象星座
Water Signs: 水象星座
Cancer: 巨蟹座
Scorpio: 天蝎座
Pisces: 双鱼座
Pescetarian: 只吃鱼的人
星座相配度
Compatibility: 相配度
Which signs are more compatible: 那些星座比较般配?
Is Taurus compatible with Virgo? 金牛座和处女座配吗?

n.迷信,迷信行为
  • It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
  • Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。
n.(银行)出纳员( teller的名词复数 );(投票时的)计票员;讲故事等的人;讲述者
  • The tellers were calculating the votes. 计票员正在统计票数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The use of automatic tellers is particularly used in large cities. 在大城市里,还特别投入了自动出纳机。 来自辞典例句
n.爆米花
  • I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时,喜欢吃爆米花。
  • He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后,嘴里塞满了爆米花。
adj.焦虑不安的,紧张的
  • He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
  • Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.试着一笑了之,不要紧张。
学英语单词
affiliated society
african-born
aligning parts
allureth
ammonium fertilizer
angeluzzi
angioplasty
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Baillarger's layer
be in a devil of a hole
black queen cell virus
border belts
burgalls
cades
carbonneau
centrifuging temperature
cesium chloride type structure
compact-car
competeth
concealed spectacles
continuing appropriation
court disaster
Darigai
diminished ninths
disclinated
drum skin
dsacryocystoblennorhea
ecobehavioral
enclinant
ethylenic hydrocarbon
eurobabbles
Fissura obliqua
flight sergeant
flywheel tuning
Freixo de Espada à Cinta
gastrophore
genus xylocopas
Gerotrast
glance coal
Glava
glosso-pharyngeum
Grantham
grid-type coil
homing run
Ilex synpyrena
inferior cerebral veins
inorite
institutional linguistics
isochrone
keep-alive circuit
labor-intensive
lap-top
le compagnie baroco
leukoencephalomalacia
loss of stability
macrocodes
maxillae
mcminn
mirror phase
mismatched generator
Misulvan
molar scattering coefficient
naphthalane
non-vanishing
nonauts
object container
olshan
one level formula
overguesstimated
particulate pollution
peanut bar
pomaise
posterior neuroplasm
primary transmission line
pteropsida
rattail cactuss
reproductive age
rhodosperm
ruggedized
Salmsach
scent scales
scoring device
sheet steel pipe
Sicroma
streamlined bridge
sulphur cast
sunspot activity
symbiotic nitrogen fixation bacteria
temperature controlled air cleaner
the program
the worst of it is
theorisation
Timex
to get cold feet
touched up
tox(o)-
transform domain
trichotrophia
uranium rod
vertex cover
virtual memory concepts
whole hanging method for installing wellhead