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tarot reading/ /塔罗牌占卜/ (tǎluópái zhànbǔ)

A: Did you know? Recently, my roommate has become enamored with tarot readings. She wants to tell my fortune whenever we meet. It's terrible, I can't do it. 

你知道吗,最近我的室友似乎对塔罗牌占卜入迷了,一碰见我就要帮我算命。真要命,我很不适应。

(nǐ zhīdào ma, zuìjìn wǒde shìyǒu sìhū duì tǎluópái zhànbu rùmí le, yīpènɡjiàn wǒ jiùyào bānɡwǒ suànmìng.zhēn yàomìnɡ, wǒ hěnbù shìyīnɡ.)

B: Haha. I know a little bit about tarot reading.

哈哈,塔罗牌占卜我也是了解一点。

(hāhā, tǎluópái zhànbu wǒyě shì liaojiě yīdiǎn.)

A: Really? So can you tell me what is so special about tarot reading?

是吗,那你跟我说说塔罗占卜有什么讲究呢？

(shìma, nànǐ ɡēnwǒ shuōshuō tǎ luó zhànbu yǒu shenme jiǎnɡjiū ne?)

B: From what I know, a tarot deck has four elements, pentacles, cups, wands and swords. They each represent four different astrological elements. For instance, pentacles represent earth signs, while swords represent the elements of air signs.  

就我所知,塔罗牌里面有四种不同的元素,钱币,圣杯,权杖和宝剑。它们分别代表了四种不同星座元素。比如,钱币代表土象星座,而宝剑是风象星座元素。

(jiùwǒ suǒzhī, tǎluópái lǐmiàn yǒu sìzhǒnɡ bùtónɡ de yuánsù, qiánbì, shènɡbēi, quánzhànɡ hé bǎojiàn.tāmén fēnbié dàibiǎo le sìzhǒnɡ bùtónɡ xīnɡzuò yuánsù.bǐrú,qiánbì dàibiǎo tǔxiànɡ xīnɡzuò, ér bǎojiàn shì fēnɡxiànɡxīnɡzuò yuánsù.)

A: So tarot readings have not too much reasonable basis, mainly for fun.

所以,塔罗牌占卜其实不太有理性根据,主要还是用来消遣娱乐的吧。

(suǒyǐ, tǎluópái zhànbu qíshí bùtài yǒu lǐxìnɡ ɡēnjù, zhǔyào háishì yònɡlái xiāoqiǎn yúlè de bā.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT