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Hope:

Hey, Joey, how are you doing today?

Joey:

I am doing fine. How about you, Hope?

Hope:

Pretty good!

Joey:

對了! Hope, I’ve got some questions to ask you.

Hope:

Sure. Like what?

Joey:

Well, recently, I am quite interested in 星座 and I am reading some books talking about 星座. Is 星座 constellations?

Hope:

Oh, constellations is a formal word, which means groups of stars that we see from Earth in the night sky and they seem to form in certain patterns.

People give them names out of our imaginations.

Joey:

Oh? 所以，constellations 是指我們夜晚觀察到的星象?

Hope:

Yes, that’s right. So, I think what you want to say is “the star signs” or “zodiac signs.”

Joey:

Oh! It’s much easier. Okay, so, if I want to ask, “你的星座是什麼?” in English? I can ask, “What is your star sign?” right?

Hope:

That’s right! So, Joey, what is your star sign?

Joey:

Me? Oh…I am 牡羊座.

Hope:

Oh, you are a Aries?!

Joey:

Yes, my birthday is in March, on the 22nd.

Hope:

Hmm… you look like an Aries! That’s interesting!

Joey:

Why? 有那麼明顯嗎?

Hope:

Yes, it is quite obvious to me! You are confident and like to be a leader. And you are quite social as well.

Joey:

好像是耶! So, what about you, Hope? What is your star sign?

Hope:

You guess! What am I like to you?

Joey:

Hmm… you are 意志堅定…而且蠻熱中喜愛的事…so, are you天蠍座?

Hope:

Wow! You are right. I am a Scorpio.

Joey:

這本書上說的。。。This book taught me.

Hope:

I bet. So, talking about star signs, why don’t we learn how to say the 12 star signs in English today?

Joey:

Great idea! So, Let’s start with 白羊座.

Hope:

Aries.

Joey:

Aries白羊座. And 金牛座?

Hope:

Taurus.

Joey:

Taurus. 雙子座?

Hope:

Gemini.

Joey:

Gemini. 巨蟹座?

Hope:

Cancer.

Joey:

Cancer. And I know 獅子座 is Leo.

Hope:

Yes. It’s Leo.

Joey:

Then…處女座?

Hope:

Virgo.

Joey:

Virgo. 接著…天秤座

Hope:

Libra.

Joey:

Libra. 天蠍座? Scor…something?

Hope:

Scorpio.

Joey:

Right! Scorpio!

Hope:

And next is Sagittarius.

Joey:

Sagittarius. 射手座. 下一個是魔羯座?

Hope:

Capricorn.

Joey:

Capricorn 魔羯座. And I know 水瓶座 is Aquarius. My sister is an Aquarius.

Hope:

Right! Aquarius.

Joey:

And the last one is 雙魚座?

Hope:

Pisces.

Joey:

Pisces. Okay. I am going to memorize them this weekend!