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Reading Fortunes

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ID: 1859 Upper Intermediate
Do you believe in astrology? Palm reading? Physiognomy? Feng shui? The Chinese tradition of reading facial features and palms is long and storied; while the practice is not as widespread as it once was, the practice still exists. Listen in as two young travelers have their own fortunes revealed in today's ChinesePod lesson.
Wed Feb 01 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
面相 miànxiàng facial features
看相 kànxiàng ‘to tell someone‘s fortune through physical features‘
耽误 dānwù to delay
不了 bùliǎo to be unable to
小姐，你面相很好，天方地圆，让我给你看个相吧。
xiǎojie ，nǐ miànxiàng hěn hǎo ，tiānfāngdìyuán ，ràng wǒ gěi nǐ kàn ge xiàng ba 。
Miss, your facial features are excellent: "heaven square and earth round." Allow me to read your physical features.
不了，我们旅游团马上要集合了。
bùle ，wǒmen lǚyóutuán mǎshàng yào jíhé le 。
I can't. I have to meet up with my tour group soon.
我看相极准，耽误不了几分钟的。这不是迷信，面相不足的后天要想办法弥补。
wǒ kànxiàng jí zhǔn ，dānwù bùliǎo jǐ fēnzhōng de 。zhè bùshì míxìn ，miànxiàng bùzú de hòutiān yào xiǎng bànfǎ míbǔ 。
My readings are quite accurate and won't take more than a few minutes. This isn't superstition; if your facial features have issues you must think of a way to make up for them later.
面相还能弥补？
miànxiàng hái néng míbǔ ？
You can offset facial features?
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