聽力每日練習(xí) listen 715 Fortune Telling

 
2--You don't really believe in all that hocus pocus mumbo jumbo, do you?
 
1--Well, I have had many friends that went to a psychic and got their palms read and most of the things the psychic told her came true!
 
2--Of course it does! They tell you general and obvious things like that you will be successful or have a big house. I think most of the times they are just scam artists.
 
1--Well, historically it is a practice that many cultures share. Reading the tarot cards, in the east they would even read tea leaves! I even heard that there are people that make you smoke a cigar, and then read your ashes.
 
2--All superstitious nonsense! I would still like to go to one and see what he or she has to say, just for kicks.

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注解：
 
1.medium媒介
2.gifted有天賦的
3.obvious明顯的

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譯文：

1--看報(bào)紙上關(guān)于著名當(dāng)?shù)孛浇榈奈恼隆Ｉ厦嬲f她非常有天賦并且很受歡迎，她在未來的一年中都有預(yù)定。
2--你不會(huì)相信這些戲法對(duì)嗎？
1--嗯，我有很多朋友去巫婆那里。巫婆通過看手相就能預(yù)測(cè)他們的未來，很多都實(shí)現(xiàn)了。
2--當(dāng)然能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)！他們會(huì)告訴你同常會(huì)發(fā)生的顯而易見的東西。比如你將要成功或者將有一個(gè)大房子。我相信大多時(shí)候是個(gè)詭計(jì)藝術(shù)家。
1--嗯，從歷史的角度，這是很多文化通有的東西。讀塔羅紙牌，在東方，他們甚至?xí)x茶葉！我甚至聽說過讓你吸煙然后看吸煙后剩下的煙灰。
2--都是迷信的鬼話！不過我還是會(huì)去看相，了解一下他們到底會(huì)說什么，就是為了好玩。