高考英语《流行话题 语境识词4500》Unit 51　Basics of Horoscope素材.doc

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1、高考英语《流行话题语境识词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