英语泛读第二册原文及翻译Numbers-and-OmensNumbersandOmensThereisasetoffamousstreetsinGaoxiongCityinTaiwan,China,whichallbeginwithnumbers.TheyareYixin(OneHeart),Ersheng(TwoSacreds),Sanduo(ThreeMores),Siwei(FourUpholds),Wufu(FiveFortunes),Liuhe(SixRealm),Qixian(SevenVirtues),Bade(EightMoralPrecepts),Jiuru(NineWishes),andShiquan(PerfectTen)streets.Thissequenceofauspiciousstreetnamesgivespeopleawarmfeelingwhentheyhearit,andbringmorethanalittlelucktotheresidents.Manyforeignvisitorscan'thelpbutexclaimthattheChinesearereallycreative,andcanlinenumbersupso“auspiciously”.Chinesenotonlyusenumberstoappealforgoodfortune,theyalsobringthemouttochewpeopleout:“You250[fool],youdothingsneitherthreeorfour[withoutanyorderoroutoftouch],andstillyoudaretosaythatI'm13points[stupid]and3-8[scatterbrained].”Althoughitisn'treallypossibletoknowwherethesecamefrom,onethingisforsure:numbersareintimatelyrelatedtothedailylifeofChinese!中国台湾的高雄市有一组有名的道路，都是以数字起头，它们是一心路、二圣路、三多路、四维路、五福路、六合路、七贤路、八德路、九如路、十全路。这一串吉祥的路名让人听了感到温暖，并给沿街居民带来不少好运气。许多外国游客赞叹不已，说中国人真有创造性，竟能够把数字排列得如此“吉祥”。中国人不仅用数字求好运，还用数字骂人：“你这个二百五（呆子），你做事不三不四（不上规矩），你还敢说我是十三点（愚蠢），说我是三八（心不在焉）。”尽管不可能真的了解这些用法的来源，但是有一点可以肯定：数字与中国人的日常生活密切相关！OriginsintheBookofChangesInantiquity,peoplekepttalliesbytryingknots,andonlyemployednumbersandwordslateron.Fromnaturalphenomenaandlifeexperience,peoplecametorecognizethesignsofchangeinaparticularmatter.Forexample,therewastheancients'sayingthat“ifthemoonhasahaloitwillbewindy,andadampplinthforetellsrain.”Itisinevitablethattherewillbemisfortuneinlife,sopeoplebegantoadoptwaystoattracttheauspiciousandexpelthemalicious.Addtothisthatpeoplehavepsychologicalactivityandtheabilitytolinkthingstogetherintheirminds,andawholesetofauspiciousness-attractingandevil-expellinghabitstookshape.源出《易经》：远古时期人们结绳记事，后来才使用数字和文字。通过观察自然现象、积累生活经验，人们逐渐能够认识万物变化的预兆，比如，古人说：“月晕知风，础润知雨。”由于生活中不可避免地会发生不幸事件，所以人们就用各种方式祈福驱邪，加上人们的心理活动和联想能力，于是2就形成了一整套祈福避祸的风俗习惯。TheIChingorBookofChangesisacompilationwhichrecordstheexperienceofpeopleinancienttimeswithluckanddivination.IntheBookofChanges,eachnumberhassomesignificance:oneisthetai-jior“greatsupreme”,twoisthe“tworituals”,threeisforthe“threepowers”,fourforthe“fourdirections”,fiveisforthe“fivepathway”,sixstandsforthe“sixrealm',sevenforthe“sevenrulesofgovernment”,eightmeansthe“eighttrigrams”,nineisforthe“ninechains”,andtenisthetendepictions”.《易经》记载了古人预测吉凶祸福的占卜活动，《易经》中的每一个数字都有一定的含义：一为“太极”，二为“两仪”，三为“三才”，四为“四象”，五为“五行”，六为“六合”，七为“七政”，八为“八卦”，九为“九星”，十为“十干”。Weoftensay“threeyangmakegoodfortune”todescribethehopethatmisfortunewillbeheldatbayandgoodluckwillfollow.ItisasayingoftenusedattheNewYearandsymbolizesanewbeginningandfindsitsoriginsintheBookofChanges.YangisthepositiveforceandthereisenormousYangandveryweakYin(Negativeforce)inthefirst,second,andthirdoftheninetrigrams.SothethreeYangareverypositive.我们常说“三阳开泰，...