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ID: 0198 Advanced
你想提前知道自己的事业、爱情、学习怎么样吗？甚至你想知道自己能活到几岁吗？ 如果你能提前知道哪些不好的事情要发生，你是不是就能避免它们的发生呢？假如你遇上了一位神奇的算命先生，也许你就有答案了。本次课程将告诉你一些算命的知识和许多现代流行的算命方法，但是你一定要知道不可以全相信哦。
Tue Aug 01 2006 | Jenny, Connie
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诸事不顺 zhūshì bù shùn nothing goes right
命中注定 mìngzhōngzhùdìng decreed by fate
臆造 yìzào to fabricate
飘渺 piāomiǎo dimly discernibly
哎，我最近啊，真是诸事不顺。我妈说下次要带我去龙王菩萨那儿求个签，拜个佛，好去去晦气。
ài ，wǒ zuìjìn a ，zhēnshì zhūshì bù shùn 。wǒ mā shuō xiàcì yào dài wǒ qù Lóngwáng Púsà nàr qiú ge qiān ，bài ge fó ，hǎo qùqu huìqì 。
Ai-yi-yi, nothing has been going right for me lately. My mom said she's going to take me to Long Wang temple to pray that my bad luck goes away.
啊？你也信这个啊？你好歹也算新世纪的大学生了，怎么还相信这些装神弄鬼的东西。
ǎ ？nǐ yě xìn zhège a ？nǐ hǎodǎi yě suàn xīnshìjì de dàxuéshēng le ，zěnme hái xiāngxìn zhèxiē zhuāngshénnòngguǐ de dōngxi 。
Oh really? You also believe in that stuff? How can a college student in modern times also believe in hocus-pocus like that?
宁可信其有，不可信其无”嘛。有些东西真的挺悬乎的，似乎真有命中注定一说。我妈常去找的那位算命老师就很灵。而且他还学识渊博，精通周易。这可不是那种随便说来骗人的瞎子算命哦。以前这位算命先生曾和我妈说，我脸上以后肯定会有点破相。结果，我初中时和同学骑车下坡时摔倒，嘴唇上真的有点破相。你说是不是很准？
than that it doesn ”ma 。yǒuxiē dōngxi zhēnde tǐng xuánhu de ，sìhū zhēn yǒu mìngzhōngzhùdìng yī shuō 。wǒ mā cháng qù zhǎo de nà wèi suànmìng lǎoshī jiù hěn líng 。érqiě tā hái xuéshí yuānbó ，jīngtōng Zhōuyì 。zhè kě bù shì nàzhǒng suíbiàn shuōlái piànrén de xiāzi suànmìng o 。yǐqián zhè wèi suànmìng xiānsheng céng hé wǒ mā shuō ，wǒ liǎnshàng yǐhòu kěndìng huì yǒudiǎn pòxiàng 。jiéguǒ ，wǒ chūzhōng shí hé tóngxué qíchē xiàpō shí shuāidǎo ，zuǐchún shàng zhēnde yǒudiǎn pòxiàng 。nǐ shuō shì bu shì hěn zhǔn ？
Well, I guess I'd rather believe in magic than not believe in it. Some things are really mysterious. It's like they're destined to happen. The fortune teller that my mom often visits makes really accurate predictions. He's very learned, and an expert on the I Ching. There's no way he's the kind of fraud who just pulls stuff out of nowhere. One time, the fortune teller told my mom that in the future, there would be some scars on my face. Sure enough, when I was in middle school and my classmate and I were riding bikes downhill, I had an accident and there really is some scarring on my lip. How's that for accuracy?
天啊，你还越说越神了。那你是不是时常和你妈妈一起抽签，拜佛，供神，烧香？
tiān a ，nǐ hái yuè shuō yuè shén le 。nà nǐ shì bu shì shícháng hé nǐ māma yīqǐ chōuqiān ，bàifó ，gòngshén ，shāoxiāng ？
Man, oh man, the more you say, the more mystical it seems. So do you and your mom often draw lots, worship the Buddha, make offerings to spirits and burn incense?
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