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精彩对白：

Celine: Look at this palm reader. She's interesting looking.

Jesse: Yeah.

Celine: Uh-oh. Uh-oh.

Jesse: What?

Celine: I made eye contact.

Jesse: She's not coming over here.

Celine: Yes, she is.

Jesse: Oh, shit.

Celine: Oh, no. You want your palm read?

Jesse: No.

Celine: Are you sure?

Jesse: I'm sure.

Celine: Okay.

Palm reader: Hello.

Celine: Oh, here she is.

Plam reader: I want your palm read.

Celine: Yeah. How much is it?

Palm reader: For you, 50. Okay?

Celine: Okay.

Palm reader: So you have been on a journey and you're a stranger to this place. You are ­an adventurer. A seeker. An adventurer in your mind. You are interested in the power of the woman. In the woman's deep strength and creativity. You're becoming this woman. You need to resign yourself to the awkwardness of life. Only if you find peace within yourself ­will you find true connection with others. That is a stranger to you?

Celine: I guess so.

Palm reader: You will be all right. He's learning. Okay. Money. You're both stars. Don't forget. When the stars exploded billions of years ago they formed everything that is this world. Everything we know is stardust. So don't forget, you are stardust.

Jesse: That's very nice and all. I mean, that we're all stardust and you're becoming this great woman. But I hope you don't take that any more seriously than some horoscope in a newspaper.

Celine: What? She knew I was on vacation and that we didn't know each other and that I was going to become this great woman.

Jesse: But what was that 'l am learning' bullshit? That's way condescending, you know? I mean, she wasn't even doing me. I mean, if opportunists like that ever had to tell the real truth, ­it would put them out of business. Just once, I'd love to see some little old lady save up all her money to go to the fortuneteller. She'd get there and the woman would say, Tomorrow and all your remaining days ­will be exactly like today ­a tedious collection of hours. And you will have no new passions and no new thoughts and no new travels. And when you die, you'll be completely forgotten. Fifty schillings, please. That I'd like to see.

Celine: It's so funny how，she almost didn't notice you. It's weird. I wonder why. She was really wise and intense. I really loved what she said.

Jesse: You pay your money to hear what makes you feel good about yourself. Maybe there's a seedy section of vienna. We can buy a hit of crack. Would you like that?

Celine: You're so...

Jesse: Stardust. Stardust.[page]

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第二页：巧学口语

第三页：小小翻译家

第四页：文化一瞥

1. palm reader: 看手相的人，算命师

2. eye contact: 目光接触，眼神交会

3. I guess so: 我想是吧，我猜也是。

4. stardust：星团，星尘

stardust也可以表示梦幻、幻觉，例如：

Finally, I thanked her simply for having sprinkled my life with stardust.（最后，我感谢她，因为她在我的生命中撒下美妙的遐想。）

5. horoscope: 星占；星象；星座

6. condescend: 屈尊，俯就；故意表示和蔼可亲

She did not condescend to have dinner with him.（她投有屈尊与他共餐。）

7. out of business: 失业；破产；<美俚>损坏；受伤

Be careful in management, otherwise you will soon be put out of business.（注意你的经营之道，否则你很快会破产。）

8. fortuneteller: 算命者，占卜者

If I know that, I'd be a fortuneteller.（我要知道，我就是先知了。）

9. tedious：单调沉闷的；冗长乏味的；令人生厌的

It was painful to listen to his tedious speech.（他冗长乏味的讲话真令人痛苦。）

10.schilling: 先令

11.intense： 热情的，热切的，激动的

I know he's an intense player, but he does enjoy what he's doing.（我知道他是个拼命三郎，但他确实喜欢自己所做的事。）[page]

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1. 我跟她目光交会。

2. 我希望你别把那当真，那不过像是报纸上的每日星座预测罢了。

3. 那种人若要讲真话，一定没有生意可做。

4. 她很兴奋地要听到自己的未来，而那个算命的小姐却跟她说，明天和将来所有的岁月都会像今天一样，那么地无聊和漫长。
 

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占星术

占星术英文名称为astrology，是指根据天象来预卜人间吉、凶、祸、福的一种方术。在中国古代主要是根据各种罕见的或不合“正常”规律的天象来预卜国家大事及帝王将相的命运，推动了天象观测。西方则主要根据日、月、五星在星空中的位置来预卜个人的命运。

占星术始于美索不达米亚。两千年前，苏美尔人在乌尔禾乌鲁克建造了七级的神庙，每一级代表一个天体：月亮、太阳、水星、金星、火星、木星和土星，这七颗天体为祭师们铺平通向神的路。公元前2778年，埃及古代最精确的历法诞生了，埃及人认识到天狼星的上升与尼罗河大水之间的关系。他们试图从天狼星的位置来推断出政治的发展，这也许就是最古老的星座预测。占星与天文学曾有着密不可分的联系。但望远镜被发明后，天文学和占星术的道路就彻底分开了。

天象

天象是一个人诞生时的星图。从技术上来说，它代表行星在“黄道”(太阳系的平面，形状像一张平坦的饼)上的投射。诞生时的天象表示一个人在终身的变化中潜在的基础。它就像一张名片，伴随着他度过一生。它说明了他的基本性质，也就是这个具体化身的表达方式。如果从地球中心说(即从我们在地上的现实生活)的角度出发，这个人就被置于这张图的中心，即地球上。也有一种太阳中心说(以太阳为中心)的方法，不过很少使用，因为它不适用于每个人的日常生活的实际经验。

运星(即命主星)

运星即诞生时东方地平线上的宫，是根据诞生时当地的时间来计算的。它说明了一个人和他的生命所代表的实体怎样被置于地球上，并且描绘了他与周围环境的关系。下降星座(西方地平线上的星座)象征着与他人的关系。地平线把天空分成两个半圆，以天的中央(权力)为天顶，以天的底部(存在之源)为天底。

宫

与每个宫相对应的生命区域是根据它所包含的黄道星座来经历的。在每一种天象里，宫轮与黄道轮都以特有的方式互相重合。

宫的编号从星位开始，按逆行时针方向自1旋转到12。(来源：百度百科)