【英语趣味课堂】学习语言的技巧-The Tips of Learning Languages

 Todd: So, Deanne, you are saying that you can, now you can look at someone and tell what sign they are -- their horoscope sign?

 

Deanne: I can't look at somebody but I can speak with them and a lot of their characteristics and how they think. I can try. Usually I'm right but I'm not a gypsie or a forutune teller¹ but I can usually pretty much predict it. Yeah.

 

Todd: It's pretty amazing because earlier you said that you could guess my sign and we gave you a couple hours and you did it.

 

Deanne: Yes. Yes.

 

Todd: And you guessed that I'm a Libra.

 

Deanne: Yes.

 

Todd: So how did you know that I'm a libra?

 

Deanne: Well, pretty much I was speaking with you and I knew that you were either a Virgo or a Libra at the beginning because of your personality. You're very mysterious but I can also tell that, for example, outside you show confidence but inside you're very, very sensitive, so and that was one thing, "So he's either a Libra or a Virgo" but then when I spoke² with you later I noticed that you were very, how would I say, you thought a lot, you're pondering³ a lot of things, and Libra's are very, very, how would I say -- they think a lot and they can't easily make decisions. They like it when other people help them make decisions.

 

Todd: Really.

 

Deanne: So they usually need that. Yeah. So that's why with all those things, I was able to guess.

 

Todd: And what's your sign?

 

Deanne: My sign is Taurus but I was a lot more Taurus in the past but with time I'm moving away from that cause I've got other influences like Scorpion⁴ and Gemini so I have a lot of those influences too.

 

Todd: OK, so what is a Taurus person?

 

Deanne: A Taurus person is very, very -- they love stability⁵ and comfort. They love comfort in life, food, sleep, friends, family, the shelter the house. They don't like moving around too much. They don't like changing. They don't like flying from one thing to the other. They like pretty much stability and if they don't have that stability they get very stressed and depressed⁶.

 

Todd: Wow, you seem to know a lot. Well, OK.

 

Deanne: Friends are going to start calling me. Who is this crazy nut?

 

Todd: We're gonna make some money off of this.

 

Deanne: Maybe. I don't know.

1 teller   

n.银行出纳员；(选举)计票员

参考例句：

• The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
• The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 pondering   

考虑( ponder的现在分词 )； 深思熟虑； 沉思； 琢磨

参考例句：

• The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem. 年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。
• The young couple are pondering moving their house. 这对年轻夫妇正在考虑把自己的家搬走。

4 scorpion   

n.蝎子，心黑的人，蝎子鞭

参考例句：

• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。

5 stability   

n.稳定，稳固

参考例句：

• The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
• She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。

6 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。