外国人最想和你聊的文化话题：血型透露一切

     Type A people are conservative and passive, and are concerned with appearances. Although type A people are superficial and have a touch of mental instability, they are very patient and finish what they start.
     A型的人保守、被动，在意外表。 A型的人虽然肤浅、精神有点不稳定，但他们很有耐性，而且会坚持把他们开始的工作做完。
     Type B people get along well with others because they are straightforward, and are noted for their creativity. But type B people are also moody and become bored and annoyed easily.
     B型的人和别人相处得好，因为他们很直率，并以他们的创意闻名。但是B型的人也很情绪化，很容易觉得无聊、觉得烦。
     Type O people are stubborn and impulsive. Their redeeming quality is that they are loyal to their friends.
     O型的人顽固、冲动。作为补偿的气质，是对他们的朋友很忠诚。
     Type AB people are indecisive and picky. They tend to be demanding and impatient, and they have trouble seeing things through.
     AB型的人犹豫不决、爱挑剔。他们比较苛求、没耐性，他们没办法坚持到底。
     East Asia's obsession with blood types comes from the work of Furukawa Takeji, a Japanese doctor who nearly a century ago was sure that personality was caused by blood type.
     东亚对血型的沉迷源自日本医生古川竹二近一个世纪前的著作，他确信个性是由血型造成的。
     Despite any real evidence to support these ideas, Takeji's theory quickly caught on.
     不管有没有任何支持这些想法的实证，竹二的理论很快流行起来。
     By 1930, standard job application forms included a blank for blood type, and today market researchers use it to predict buying habits, and ordinary people use it to choose friends and romantic partners.
     到了1930年，标准的工作申请表已经包括了填写血型的空格，现在的市场调查员用这种方法来预测购买习惯，普通人则用它来选择朋友和情人。
     "I'm type O," says Sandra, who Jill eventually hired as a receptionist, "so my boyfriend should ideally be another Type O or a Type B. Type A probably won't match."
     "我是O型。"桑德拉这样说，她最后被吉尔聘用为接待员。"那么理想上我应该找另一个O型或B型的人当男朋友。A型的可能不合适。"
     According to the newest discovery by New York scientists, one's blood type may affect chances of pregnancy.
     根据纽约科学家的最新发现，血型可能也会影响受孕的机会。
     According to research results, women with type O blood ovulate less and have poorer egg quality.
     研究结果指出，O型妇女排卵量较少，品质也较差。
     Women with type A blood are most fertile.
     而A型血的妇女容易受孕。
     This research still requires further investigation. Certainly, the factors that affect fertility are more than simply blood type. This includes age, weight, and drinking habits.
     目前这个研究结果仍需要进一步的研究。但可以确定的是，影响生殖能力的原因除了可跟血型有关外还有很多，包括年龄、体重、饮酒习惯等。
     Blood type O will not be on time.
     O型血的人是不会守时的。
     A lot of people still feel "It's amazingly accurate!" whenever blood type analyses or tests are introduced in magazines and on TV shows, and end up believing in them deeply .
     当杂志或是电视节目介绍这种血型分析或测验时，不知为何仍有许多人感到"简直太神准了！"而不自主地对此深信不疑。
     In the ranking of "Blood Type Combinations Which You Think are Most Incompatible", the combination that most people felt was probably incompatible was a type A man and type B woman, while second place was a type A woman with a type B man.
     在"你认为彼此最合不来的血型组合排行榜"中，最多人认为"应该合不来"的组合是"A型男与B型女"，第二名则是"A型女与B型男"。
     Most feel that those with type A blood have qualities such as "Being strict and orderly, being particular and [serious about] everything".
     普遍认为A型的特质是"严谨有条理、事事讲究又认真"。
     Those with type B blood are the opposite as they are "Selfish and unrestrained, going at their own pace".
     相对于此，B型则是"任性随意，照着自己的步调走"。
     Judging from this, it's no surprise that so many people feel that this set of blood types are the most incompatible.
     这样看来，也难怪许多人认为这组血型最合不来了。
     You can go out with anyone you like if you are a AB.
     如果你是AB型的，你可以和任何你喜欢的人约会。
     He loves being the center of attention-a typical O.
     他喜欢出风头--典型的O型血。
     Type As are super artistic.
     A型血的人相当有艺术天分。
     You guys should date; you are the same type.
     你们应该很般配，你们是同一种血型。
     Some companies in Japan divide workers by blood type.
     日本的一些公司根据血型来分配工作。
     ABs have a mixed personality, sometimes shy, sometimes confident.
     AB型的人拥有多重性格，有时很内向，有时很自信。
     Blood-based love matches prove very successful.
     以血型为依据的爱情配对被证明是相当成功的。
     I would date Peter, but he's a type A, too sensitive for me.
     我想和彼得约会，但他是A型血，有点太敏感了。

     Britney：David and I are trying to have a baby.
     布兰妮：我跟大卫最近试着生小宝宝。
     Ralph：Really? What blood type are you?
     拉尔夫：真的吗？你的血型是什么呢？
     Britney：How is that related?
     布兰妮：这跟那有什么关系？
     Ralph：New York scientists believe it is.
     拉尔夫：纽约的科学家认为有关系。
     Britney：Oh? What type of woman gets pregnant most easily?
     布兰妮：喔？ 哪种血型的女人容易受孕呢？
     Ralph：Women with type A blood are most fertile, and type O have the most difficulties.
     拉尔夫：最容易受孕的是 A型，最不容易受孕的是 O型。
     Britney：But I am type B.
     布兰妮：可是我是 B型的。
     Ralph：Think on the bright side, at least you are not a blood type that will encounter many difficulties.
     拉尔夫：往好处想，至少你不会是遇到最多困难的血型。
     Britney：It is the first time that I have heard this kind of theory.
     布兰妮：我还是第一次听说这样的理论呢。
     Ralph：With the development of science, there is always new finding.
     拉尔夫：科技的发展总是不断有新东西出来的。
     Britney：Do you believe this?
     布兰妮：你相信这个吗？
     Ralph：Blood type may really have influence, because scientists have researched a lot of people.
     拉尔夫：血型可能真的是有影响的，因为科学家调查了很多人。
     Britney：OK.
     布兰妮：好吧。
     Ralph：Take it easy. I believe that you and David will give birth to a cute baby.
     拉尔夫：放轻松点。你和大卫一定能生个可爱的小宝宝的。
     Britney：Thanks.
     布兰妮：谢谢。