Sofia 手里拿着一迭卡，兴致勃勃地走向 Bob……
Sofia: Bob, would you like to know your future? I just learned how to read tarot cards.
Sofia：Bob，你想要知道你的未来吗？我刚刚学会算塔罗牌。
Bob: Well, I’ve never tried it before, but I guess it’ll be fun.
Bob：我从没试过，我想应该会很有趣。
Sofia: Great, let’s see if I can read your fortune.
Sofia：太好啦，来试试我能不能帮你算命。
Bob: Where is your crystal ball then?
Bob：那你的水晶球在哪？
Sofia: I don’t need a crystal ball, all I need is a deck of tarot cards!
Sofia：我不需要水晶球，我只需要一副塔罗牌。
Bob: Oh… I thought all fortune-tellers have a crystal ball.
Bob：噢…我以为所有算命师都有一颗水晶球。
Sofia: Hahaha! No, not necessarily. Let me shuffle the cards first…
Sofia：哈哈哈！没有啦，不一定。先让我洗牌…
read sb.’s fortune (phr.) 替某人算命
forture 这个字为名词，意思是“运势；财富”，而替人算命的动词则搭配动词 read。
Sofia read her friend’s fortune using tarot cards.
Sofia 透过塔罗牌替她朋友算命。
fortune-teller 算命师
fortune-teller 指的是“算命师”，fortune-telling 则是名词，表示“算命”这个动作。
Fortune-tellers make a living by reading fortunes.
算命师靠算命维生。
shuffle (v.) 洗牌
在本文中，shuffle 指的是“洗牌”，也可以指“随机播放”，然而 shuffle 原本是指“把…挪来挪去”，而“洗牌”也是把牌挪来挪去，是不是很好记呢？
The dealer shuffled the cards.
庄家洗牌。
My hamster loves shuffling his food.
我的仓鼠喜欢把食物挪来挪去。
所以 Bob 的运势如何呢？
Sofia: What would you like to know about your future?
Sofia：你想知道未来的哪方面？
Bob: (pondering) I’d like to know if I’ll find a girlfriend this year!
Bob：(思考) 我想知道我今年交不交得到女朋友！
Sofia: (Picks a card) Oh…
Sofia：(抽一张牌) 噢……
Bob: What!?
Bob：怎么了！？
Sofia: It seems that you’re going to meet someone and fall in love with that person pretty quickly, but it wouldn’t be a smooth relationship.
Sofia：看来你很快就会遇到某个人并且和那个人陷入恋爱，但那不会是一段平稳的恋情。
Bob: I suppose nobody can expect their first romance to be totally smooth.
Bob：我想第一段感情也不太可能会多容易。
Sofia: But you’re going to learn a lot from it. What else would you like to know?
Sofia：但你会从中学到很多。你还想知道什么吗？
Bob: I want to know if I will make a fortune in the future.
Bob：我想知道我未来会不会赚大钱。
Sofia: (Pick a card) Bob, you got to buy a lottery ticket right away!
Sofia：(抽出一张卡) Bob，你一定要立刻买一张彩票！
Bob: Why? Does that mean I’m going to hit the jackpot!?
Bob：为什么？是不是代表我要中大奖了！？
Sofia: Yes… I predict that you’re going to win… 100 CNY!!
Sofia：对…我预测你会中一百块！！
make a fortune (phr.) 赚大钱
fortune 除了在上一节讲的可以拿来指“运势” ，亦可以用来指“财富”，因此 make a fortune 指的即是“赚大钱；发大财”。
Sally made a fortune selling her paintings.
Sally 卖她的画作赚了一大笔钱。
hit the jackpot (phr.) 中大奖
jackpot 为名词，中文意思是“头奖”，hit the jackpot 指的即是“中大奖”，尤其用来指“突然迅速赚进一大笔钱；获得意外之财”。另外提醒大家，hit 的过去式和过去分词依旧是 hit 哦！
Tommy spent the rest of his life traveling around the world after he hit the jackpot.
Tommy 中大奖后开始环游世界。
predict (v.) 预测
predict 的中文为“预测；预知”，如：predict the future (预知未来)。
Experts predict that the pandemic will ebb in the following months.
人们预知疫情将于接下来几个月趋缓。文章来源: https://twgreatdaily.com/zh-hans/E3wDeHMBd4Bm1__YBNut.html