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Part 2 What Chinese Astrology Chart Says about Beth  Beth的命盘

Dialogue Script 1  对话原文 1

Jason: I printed up your Chinese astrology chart.
Beth: But I already know that I'm a rat and all that.
Jason: This is much more detailed. It's called the Purple Star or Purple King System.
Beth: Great! Maybe it can tell me if I have a future with Tim.
Jason: OK, but first, take a look at this mingpan to see how the system works.
Beth: It looks like it's all divided into "zones".
Jason: Exactly. There are twelve "sectors" or "zones" with planets that influence each stage of your life.
Beth: Are these the same planets like Mercury and Jupiter and all them?
Jason: Yes, but, uhh...some of the constellations don't exist anymore.

讲解：

1. 对话中，Jason把Beth的命盘打印了出来。astrology，是指“占星术”，astrology chart 是指“天宫图，星盘”，而ming pan则是“中国的命盘”的音译。

2. Beth已经知道自己是属鼠的诸如此类的事情了，还要算命盘干什么。Jason告诉了她，这种命盘要详细得多，这叫做“紫薇”或者“紫薇斗数”。It's called the Purple Star or Purple King System.

3. Beth觉得这个主意不错，这样她就可以知道自己和Tim有没有未来。future 在这里指“今后的情况，前途，前景”。比如说，I gave up my job because there was no future in it. 我的工作没有前途，所以我辞职了。

4. 命盘看起来分成了好多“格”，而十二“宫”或者“格”里的星宿影响着人生的每一个时期。zone是指“区”，而sector表示“领域”，在对话里是指“宫”。

5. Beth有点迷糊了，问这是不是跟水星或者木星那些一样吗？planet就是指“行星”，而Mercury就是九大行星中的水星，Jupiter是木星。紫薇斗数里面的一些星宿确实跟这些行星有相似之处，但是有些星宿现在已经不存在了。constellation就是“星座，星宿”的总称。

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