5-2 护身符和象征：颜色
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语沙龙2004全年合辑上
Charms and Symbols
Color
Color Colors can influence more than your mood. Each color has a special significance in attracting, or repelling1, the power of the planets.
Black Saturn 22 is attracted by black, and because Saturn has a negative effect on children, youngsters are cautioned never to wear black clothing. It is a good color, however, for persons born under the signs of Libra3, Aquarius4, or Capricorn5.
Blue The color associated with Venus as well as the color of the sky, blue has been sacred in religions dating back to prehistoric 3 times. Today it is associated with the Virgin 4 Mary6. We sometimes say we are "blue" when we are less than happy. Still, blue is a happy, even lucky color for most of us. And when we have unexpected good luck, we often say it came "out of the blue7." It is an especially lucky color for people born under the signs of Aquarius, Libra, and Taurus8.
Blue neckbands9 have been worn for centuries by nursing mothers in parts of Europe. They believe the color protects their babies from fevers. And what bride would tempt 5 fate10 by walking down the aisle 611 without "something borrowed, something blue12" ?
注释:
1.repel 1 [ri5pel] vt. ＆ vi. 抵拒，抗御，驱除
2.Saturn [5sAtE(:)n] n. [天] 土星
3.Libra [5laibrE] n. [天] 天秤（星）座
4.Aquarius [E5kwZEriEs] n. [天] 宝瓶（星）座
5.Capricorn [5kAprIkC:n] n. [天] 摩羯（星）座
6.Virgin Mary（基督教）圣母马利亚
7.out of the blue 出乎意外地，突然，文中是“喜从天降”之意
8.Taurus [5tC:rEs] n. [天] 金牛（星）座
9.neckband [5nekbAnd] n.（作装饰用的）领圈，领巾
10.tempt fate 冒不必要的危险，玩命
11.walk down the aisle 行婚礼
12.something borrowed，something blue 西方流传至今的婚礼习俗之一是新娘佩戴“Something old，something new，something borrowed，something blue” 。
护身符和象征
颜色
颜色 颜色能够影响你的不仅仅是你的情绪。每种颜色在吸引或抵制行星的作用力时都有特殊的意义。
黑色 土星被黑色所吸引。因为土星对孩子有负面影响，所以年轻人被告诫决不要穿黑色的衣服。但是对于出生属于天秤座、宝瓶座或摩羯座的人来说，黑色却是好的颜色。
蓝色 让人联想到金星和天空的蓝色，在史前时期就具有宗教上的神圣意义。如今，人们把它与圣母马利亚联系在一起。我们不大高兴时，有时会说我们“blue”，表示有些忧郁。但对于我们大多数人来说，蓝色仍然是个象征快乐、甚至吉祥的颜色。当我们有意外的好运时，我们常说“喜从天降”。对于出生属于宝瓶座、天秤座和金牛座的人来说，蓝色是个特别吉祥的颜色。
在欧洲部分国家，奶妈佩戴蓝色的围颈带已有数百年的历史了。奶妈们相信蓝色能够防止婴儿发热。再说新娘，哪个敢冒险在举行婚礼时不戴得“有借有蓝”?
- A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
- Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。
- Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。
- These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。
- They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
- It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
- Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
- There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
- Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.什么都不能诱使他去那样做。
- The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。