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1、高考英語《流行話題語境識(shí)詞4500》Unit51 BasicsofHoroscope素材Unit51 BasicsofHoroscope AstrologyisthestudyofhoweventsonEarthareinfluencedbytheSun,Moon,starsandplanets.Technically,horoscopeisthetermastrologersuseforachartshowingtherelativepositionsofstarsandplanetsataspecific
2、time.Itislikeasnapshotof"aparticularplaceinTimeandSpace".Butformostpeople,ahoroscopeistheforecastastrologersmakebasedonthatchart.ThefutureforecastsontheWeborinnewspapersareoftenreferredtoasa"horoscope". Ifyouareinterestedin(orintriguedby)astrology,thefirstth
3、ingyouneedtoknowisyoursunsign(alsoknownasthezodiacsign).Sign--asin"What'smysign?"--isawordtheaveragereaderofhoroscopecolumnsinnewspapersthinksofasa"label"forastereotypeappliedtohimsimplybecausehewasborninacertainone-monthtimeperiod.ThisisNOTexactlytrue.Signis
4、atermusedbyastrologerstodefineasectorofthesky(likethesegmentsofapeeledorange).Eachofthetwelvesignsofthezodiacisa30-degreearcina360-degreeimaginarybeltaroundtheEarth(360/12=30).ItisoneofthetwelvesectionsofSpaceinwhichweobservetheSun(byday)andMoonandtheotherpla
5、netswhicharevisibletothenakedeye.Mostpeopleknowtheirzodiacsignalready.It'sbasedonyourbirthday.Onceyouknowyourzodiacsign,youcanstartreadingyourhoroscopes:Daily,Weekly,Monthly,Yearly. Those"dailyhoroscope"columnsforthe12zodiacsignsareonlybasedonanassumedmontha
6、nddayofbirthwhichfallswithinarangeofdateswhentheSunisinaparticularsign.Theyaregeneralized"SunSign"horoscopes,buttheydonottakeintoaccounttheyear(orhourandminute)youwereborn,orthetownandcountryyouwerebornin.Sinceyour"TimeandSpace"arenotreallyknown,theseso-calle
7、d"horoscopes"areonlybasedonanestimateofwheretheSunwaslocatedonyourdateofbirth,andthusarefarlessdetailedandaccuratethanaPersonalHoroscopeReadingbasedonyourfullbirthdata--whichwillincludethepositionsoftheMoonandALLthePlanets,andwhatthatmeansaboutyouasauniqueind
8、ividual.NotevenidenticaltwinscanbeborninthesameSpaceatthesameTime. Soonerorlateryoustartnoticingthatthezodiachoroscopecan'tbeveryaccuratebecauseeverybodyisdifferent.Lifewouldbeboringifev
