精彩对白：Hey, Ash. It's me, David. Uh, big art opening tonight at Station "A" Gallery. Meet you there at 7:00? Don't break my heart...
Ashley最近真的是霉运连连，见到黑猫就觉得有厄运的兆头，坐下来马上又让Dana给她查看狮子座的星座运势。那么西方人除了星座，还有什么占卜方式呢？下面就给大家介绍一种常见的占卜：塔罗牌。
The tarot (first known as tarocchi, also tarock and similar names), is a pack of 78 cards, used from the mid fifteenth century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Italian Tarocchini and French Tarot. It has four suits corresponding to the four suits of the modern 52-card pack, though the suit symbols and the number of court cards differ. It is distinguished also by a separate 21-card trump suit and a card known in English as the Fool which may act as the top trump or may be played to avoid following suit, depending on the game.
Rabelais gives tarau as the name of one of the games played by Gargantua in his Gargantua and Pantagruel; this is likely the earliest attestation of the French form of the name. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play card games. In English-speaking countries, where these games are largely unknown, Tarot cards are now used primarily for divinatory purposes. Occultists call the trump cards and the Fool "the major arcana" while the ten pip and four court cards in each suit are called minor arcana. The cards are traced by some occult writers to ancient Egypt or the Kabbalah but there is no documented evidence of such origins or of the usage of tarot for divination before the eighteenth century.
塔罗牌是由22张图画牌(大阿卡那牌)与56张数字牌(小阿卡那牌)组合而成，共有78张，每张精致的纸牌都有它独特的图案和意义。占卜的方法是以某种形式（即我们俗称的“牌阵”）将牌排列好(在这里我们称之为“展开”)，然后再查看牌的所在位置及牌义来做分析判断。我们可以针对爱情、人际关系、工作（学业）等不同的需求来做占卜。尤其是在不知应采取何种行动的时候，它是一种非常好的提示路标,具有一定的心里暗示功能，但也带有一些迷信色彩，归于神秘学范畴。
每一张塔罗牌都有一个象征，指出你的内在思想、潜意识动机、隐藏的恐惧和渴望，以及你的个性、长远运程和弱点。
每一张塔罗牌也代表一个历程，有欢乐、痛苦、希望、改变和重生，是人们生活的再现，不论是在肉体上、心智上或情感上。
每一张塔罗牌代表一种人物，有温暖慈爱的母亲、传统正派的宗教领袖、不屈不挠的勇士，也有充满智慧的隐士。它们既是真实人物的化身，也是你自己的一部分。 每一张塔罗牌都有多重意义。比如恋人（THE LOVERS）既代表罗曼蒂克，又代表面临爱情的抉择；既代表实质的爱，也可代表精神上的爱，又如战车（THE CHARIOT）既代表胜利、征服，也代表势力、冲突。
同时，每一张塔罗牌也隐含正、逆两种不同的含意，这要取决于牌摆设的位置是正位或逆位的。比如月亮（THE MOON）正向代表理想，反向代表迷惑；恶魔（THE DEVIL）正向代表诱惑、堕落，反向则代表挣脱束缚。 但这主要取决于解读者自身的发展和内心或潜意识的抉择。
考考你
请将下列句子翻译成英文:
1. 7点钟在那儿见？别让我失望。
2. 这些挫折都是一些机遇。
3. 您瞧，您本人看上去更年轻些。
4. 大卫，如果我非得听这些话，我得来点伏特加。
Just My Luck《倒霉爱神》精讲之四参考答案：
1. Let's just say this place is pretty mind-blowing.
2. The dragon lady's blackballed me from every firm in the city.
3. Well, I'll keep out of your way, and you guys won't even know I'm here.
4. Ever since this masquerade bash, it's like I'm the anti-Midas.
精彩对白：Hey, Ash. It's me, David. Uh, big art opening tonight at Station "A" Gallery. Meet you there at 7:00? Don't break my heart...
（英语点津，许雅宁编辑）
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