英语口语话题——谈论星座

兔斯基

平常和朋友在一起八卦下星座运势什么的还是蛮不错的，下面整理了一些谈论星座时常用的英语表达。

1. What's your sign?
你是什么星座的?
　　
2. I don't think astrology is blind faith. It holds water in many instances.
我认为占星术不是迷信，它很多时候还是站得住脚的。
　　
3. I'm not superstitious. The horoscope sometimes turns out to be accurate.
不是我迷信，星座运势有时还是很准的。
　　
4. He's a typical Taurus.
他是个典型的金牛座。
　　
5. A Scorpio girl and a Pisces guy have the potential to become good friends.
天蝎座的女孩与双鱼座的男孩很有可能成为好朋友。
　　
6. A Sagittarius person is stereotyped as energetic, adventurous, and with a good sense of humor.
射手座给人的一般印象是活力四射，爱冒险而又不失幽默感。
　　
7.As a person born under the sign of Cancer, I am home-loving and wish for a peaceful family life.
我是巨蟹座的，天生恋家，希望稳稳当当过日子。
　　
8. It's too narrow-minded to judge people by using astrology. It's all stereotypes.
用星座理论来判断人未免也太绝对化、片面化了吧。
　　
9. Pisces is a Water element. It is extremely receptive, compassionate, and other-directed.
双鱼座是水相星座。双鱼非常善于接纳、富有同情心、但缺乏自主性。
　　
10. The fire element of Aries brings assertive "I" energy.
火相星座的特质使白羊座具有非常自信的自我力量。
　　
11. The Air element of Gemini brings communication, intellect and speed.
风向星座的特质让双子座具有沟通能力、智慧和速度。
　　
12. Leo is Fire to the core! Fire brings a desire to create, innovate, and lead.
狮子座是彻底的火相星座。火引发了创造、革新和领导的欲望。
　　
13. Ruled by shape-shifting Mercury, Virgo works hard to stability.
　　在千变万化的水星的控制下,处女座需要努力才能获得稳定。
　　
14. Libra represents the Air element. It is a sign that is more extroverted and active.
　　天秤座是风相星座。其特性比较外向和主动。
　　
15. Capricorn is the leader of the Earth signs. It is one of the hardest-working signs of the Zodiac.
　　魔羯座是土相星座的领头人，是黄道12宫里最努力工作的星座。
　　
16. Aquarius has astonishing intellectual and communication skill.
　　水瓶座具有令人吃惊的智慧和沟通能力。

下面是关于占星学的一些介绍：
Astrology is an ancient practice, and appears to have its origins in Chaldea, thousands of years B.C. By 700 B.C., the Zodiac was established. A few centuries later, the Signs of the Zodiac were very similar to the current ones.
占星学的出现由来已久，貌似可以追溯到公元前数千年之前的卡拉迪亚王国。到公元前700年，十二宫图已经形成，并在几世纪之后，发展出了与现行相似的符号标记。

According to astrology, mankind are not only influenced by hereditary(遗传的)factors and the environment, but also by the state of our solar system at the moment of birth. The planets are regarded as basic life-forces, the tools we live by, as well as the basis of our very substance. These planetary forces take on different forms, depending on their zodiacal positions and on the way they relate to one another.
依据占星学，人类不仅受到遗传因素以及环境的影响，还受其出生时太阳系所处的状态的影响。行星被看做是生命之本，是人类赖以生存的条件和物质基础。行星对人类的作用以不同的形式表现出来，受其黄道带位置及其与其他行星间的关系的影响。

One popular classification of the Signs of the Zodiac is elements(象)， which are also known as triplicities（“三位一体”) and speak to the basic nature and temperament of a sign. There are four elements and their corresponding signs are Fire（Aries, Leo and Sagittarius）, Earth（Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn), Air （Gemini , Libra and Aquarius） and Water (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces).
一种流行的星座分类被称之为"象"，也被称为"三位一体"。它描述了一种星座最根本的特质以及性情。十二星座共分为四个"象"。火象星座包括白羊座、狮子 座和射手座；地象星座包括金牛座、处女座和魔揭座；风象星座包括双子座、天秤座和水瓶座；水象星座则包括巨蟹座、天蝠座和双鱼座。