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ID: 0401 Advanced
从古到今，几千年的生活让一些现象带上了神秘色彩。古时候小到吃饭穿衣，大到处理国家大事，都有不少的讲究。现在的我们应该是幸运的，不用像古人那么辛苦了，但长久以来流传着的说法多少会给我们的生活增加一点趣味。可不是，哪怕左眼皮和右眼皮的跳动，都预示着完全不一样的运气呢。
Thu Jan 18 2007 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular about
意外之财 yìwài zhī cái money from an unexpected source
一二 yī èr very little
痣 zhì mole
不知怎么回事，今天我的眼皮一直在跳。
bùzhī zěnmehuíshì ，jīntiān wǒ de yǎnpí yīzhí zài tiào 。
I don't know what's going on. All day long, my eyelid has been twitching.
左眼还是右眼？
zuǒyǎn háishì yòuyǎn ？
Left eye or right?
左眼。怎么，这还有什么讲究吗？
zuǒyǎn 。zěnme ，zhè hái yǒu shénme jiǎngjiu ma ？
Left eye. What is it, is there something special about that?
当然，俗话说“左眼跳财，右眼跳灾，看来你最近要发财了。
dāngrán ，súhuàshuō “zuǒyǎn tiào cái，yòuyǎn tiào zāi ，kànlai nǐ zuìjìn yào fācái le 。
Of course! There's a saying that goes, ''If your left eye is twitching, you'll get rich. If your right eye is twitching, you'll have a disaster." Looks like you're going to come into some money soon!
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