ted-演讲-Zodiac-sign中英对照版.docxVIP

zodiac signHave?you?ever?been?asked?by?your?Chinese?friend, What?is?your?zodiac?sign?你有没有被中国朋友问过“你的生肖是什么？”Dont?think?they?are?making?small?talk.不要以为他们只是寒暄。If?you?say, Im?a?Monkey,?they?immediately?knowyou?are?either?24, 36, 48?or?60?years?old.如果你说：“我属猴”，他们马上就可以知道你是24、36、48或者60岁。Asking?a?zodiac?sign?is?a?polite?way?of?asking?yourage.问生肖是问年龄的一种礼貌的方式。By?revealing?your?zodiac?sign,?you?are?also?being?evaluated.知道了你的生肖，还可以对你进行评估。Judgments?are?being?made?about?your?fortune?or?misfortune,?your?personality,?careerprospects?and?how?you?will?do?in?a?given?year.可以预测你幸运与否，你的性格，职业前景，接下来一年的运势走向。If?you?share?you?and?your?partners?animal?signs,?they?will?paint?a?picture?in?their?mind?aboutyour?private?life.如果你分享了你和爱人的生肖，甚至可以想象你的私人生活。Maybe?you?dont?believe?in?the?Chinese?zodiac.也许你不相信中国的生肖。As?a?quarter?of?the?world?population?is?influenced?by?it,?youd?be?wise?to?do?something?aboutthat.但是鉴于全球四分之一的人受它的影响，你最好还是知道一些相关的知识。So?what?is?the?Chinese?zodiac,?exactly?到底什么是中国的生肖呢？Most?Westerners?think?of?Greco-Roman?zodiac,?the?signs?divided?into?12?months.?The?Chinesezodiac?is?different.大多数西方人听说过希腊罗马12星座，这些星座把一年分成12个月。中国生肖不同。Its?a?12-year?cycle?labeled?with?animals,?starting?with?a?Rat?and?ending?with?a?Pig,?and?has?noassociation?with?constellations.中国生肖是以动物命名的，一个12年的循环，以鼠开始，以猪结尾。它们与星座没有任何联系。For?example,?if?you?were?born?in?1975,?you?are?a?Rabbit.比如你出生在1975年，你就属兔。Can?you?see?your?zodiac?sign?there?大家可以看到自己的生肖么？Our?Chinese?ancestors?constructed?a?very?complicated?theoretical?framework?based?on?yinand?yang,?the?five?elements?and?the?12?zodiac?animals.中国的老祖先以阴阳，五行和12生肖为基础，建立了一套非常复杂的理论框架。Over?thousands?of?years,?this?popular?culture?has?affected?peoples?major?decisions,千百年来，这种流行文化影响着人们的大部分决定，such?as?naming,?marriage,?giving?birth?and?attitude?towards?each?other.比如起名，婚介，生产，甚至对彼此的态度。And?some?of?the?implications?are?quite?amazing.其中一些涵义令人称奇。The?Chinese?believe?certain?animals?get?on?better?than?the?others.中国人相信某些生肖与其它生肖比较好相处。So?parents?choose?specific?years?to?give?birth?to?babies,所以夫妇选择特定的年份生孩子，becau