32. Goldfish, Souls and Coffee Table p.208

Ms. Smith, an American, is talking to Mr. Ting, an expert on feng shui.
S: What changes would you suggest for my house?
T: I think that you should get an aquarium¹ with goldfish.
S: Why?
T: Goldfish bring good luck.
S: Ok. Anything else?
T: You should also get rid of that mirror in front of your bed.
S: Why?
T: Your soul travels at night. It must find its way back to the body. The soul might see your body in the
mirror and get confused.
S: Hmm…really? What else?
T: Um… (He bumps into a coffee table.) ouch! And get rid of this table.
S: Why? It's just a coffee table.
T: It's dangerous. It will bring you bad luck.
S: Uh… are you sure?

symbol
coffee table 茶几
critical 危机的
Ms  已婚或未婚
advisor² or adviser³ 都可以
one sheep, two sheep   sheep单复数同   two cattle  one head of cattle 不说one cattle
information
I wish you good luck.
bring good/bad luck
salesman
soul 灵魂
The light went out，fumble
fridge 冰箱(口语)
kindergarden 幼稚园
get/be confused about 困惑

1 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。