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金牛座:Taurus the bull


We come from the


black prairie, with thousands of our other


brothers and sisters. Going to an endless sky, we moo-moo and


shine. There are twelve constellations running to the same


direction on a huge chessboard, having different characteristics in each of them. And we


Taurus people should be not less confident at all, as we are


trustable, calm and brave. Welcome to ACE Radio, I'm Ris. Today,


I'm going to give you, especially those Tauruses among you, a


special program on one constellation-Taurus the bull.


Taurus has quite some


interesting traits; here is a brief introduction on it.


Tauruses are


definitely Money-Lovers. People may sometimes consider us to be so


stingy that give us some nicknames, such as Purse-Pursuer, and


Coin-Cock. Well, I say that is not fair.


Ok, ok, fine. We do


love money. But what is wrong with it? As a matter of fact,


Tauruses are not just cheapskates. We treat money


as a kind of material method of living. Look, the world now has


been flat. And during this process, as you and me all agree with,


currency has done a great job. So that means almost every one


minute we stand or sit or lie on the ground, we are gonna need


money.


It's very easy to


understand. Daily necessaries. When you drive a vehicle, you must


fill it with fuel. When you are preparing a wonderful dinner for


your lover, you can't round salt and sugar, even some warm candles


and romantic music CDs. When you suddenly come up with an idea of


travelling to Tibet to see the alpine vegetations


by yourself, there is no way for you to set off right away without


food and water. When you are thinking about going abroad for


further study, even with the support of scholarship, you


also have the necessity of affording the flight, which will do you


a great favor by avoiding you from swimming all the way across the


Pacific Ocean.


Here, let's enjoy a piece of cut from the movie Mamma Mia, you'll


know my meaning


much better.


Actually, the love of


money is also a reflection upon Taurus's belief in reality. We


don't usually float in the wild ocean of fantasy. Staring at


something that is beyond our reach with red eyes is also not what


we would like to do. Let alone dreaming about meeting with a white


horse prince who is extremelycharming and handsome, waving his


shining sword, looking at me with a pair of deep blue eyes which


are just like two


precious gems, and we finally fall in love and have a happy ending.


To Tauruses, this can only be in fairy tales, not our real


lives.





The positive points of this character


are obvious. Tauruses


are apparently tended to be saving, and most of us have our own


ways to plan the income and expense so that we can not only easily


meet the both ends, but also be able to keep our wallets swelling.


To some degrees, any one has the possibility to be a beggar while


Tauruses do not as we never drain the river.


Many Tauruses keep account


books--I'm happy to be one in this troop-and the good habit


help us to know exactly how our coins come in and where do they


pathetically go. We will study the account book in


the end of every month, reflecting if there is any sum of money


that has been spent inappropriately and unnecessarily. If there is,


then we gotta to avert something similar happens


again in the next month. But it doesn't mean that Tauruses have no


entertainments. It's only that we are learned about how to control


the fire. We have a flexible space in which money can be used


without questions on our interests, like bookworms' books and movie


zealots' tickets. What's more, Taurus's small


exchequer will be quite helpful when we face the


need of buying something expensive.





What else do Tauruses have in our characteristics?


Though we might not be as smart as the others do, we are practical


and hard-working. There may be a pile of files waiting for


arrangement and classification. Tauruses complain, too. However we


will finish the job anyway. The work can be very boring, Tauruses


sign, too. But we eventually will hand it in on time.


It's sometimes just


like how Chris Gardner went get his happiness with the perspiration


and determination. Will Smith played this role in the movie, The


Pursuit of Happiness, which was adopted from a true story happening


on an African-American investment expert. I think we all learn how


hard life could be in it, and also how we are able to change it


with our own hands.





Anyway, no matter what constellation we belong to, happiness is


definitely the most important thing we are chasing after. So, let's


do what we must do, lie on the bed after a tired day of working,


then tell ourselves that we have done the best. May every Taurus


find his happy ending.


Thank you for


listening to ACE Radio. I'm Ris. Bye bye!



Taurus


['tɔ:rəs]


n. [天]


金牛座;金牛宫


prairie


['prεəri]


n.


大草原;牧场


cheapskate


['tʃi:pskeit]


n.


小气鬼;吝啬鬼


alpine


vegetation


[植]


高山植被


alpine


['ælpain]


adj.


阿尔卑斯山的,高山的


vegetation


[,vedʒi'teiʃən]


n.


植物,草木;植被;呆板单调的生活


pathetically


[pə'θetikəli]


adv.


可怜地;感伤地;悲哀地;情绪上地


avert [ə'və:t]


vt.


避免,防止;转移


zealots


n.


狂热者(zealot的复数);奋锐党人


exchequer


[iks'tʃekə,


'eks-]


n.


财源;国库;财政部








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