1962 Tom Cruise — Water Tiger
一九六二年 湯姆.克魯斯 — 水虎
Profile: The product of a broken home and a student at 12 schools during a transient childhood, Tom Cruise turned his life around to become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. His big break came in 1984 when he starred in the teen classic Risky Business. Following the success of Risky Business, he went on to star in some of the most iconic movies of the 1980s, including Top Gun, The Color of Money and Rain Man. Cruise maintained his prolific output throughout the next decade, but by the noughties, his offbeat personal life was drawing as much attention as his movies. Cruise is a veteran of three marriages, two divorces and one long-term relationship. He is a well-known advocate of Scientology, and in 2005 surprised his fans when he jumped up and down on the couch during a broadcast of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
個人資料:生長在破碎家庭、短暫童年生活就轉學了十一次的湯姆.克魯斯,成功反轉命運,成為好萊塢最出名的巨星之一。一九八四年,他演出青春偶像電影《保送入學》一舉成名。演出成功之後,他又參與了一些一九八0年代極為經典的電影作品,包括《捍衛戰士》、《金錢本色》和《雨人》。接下來十年,阿湯哥仍舊是個多產的演員。二000年到二00九年間,他私人生活精采的程度就像主演的電影一樣引人入勝。情場老手的他歷經三段婚姻,前兩段都以離婚收場,還有過一段戀愛長跑。他大力宣揚山達基教派。二00五年上《歐普拉秀》受訪時,在沙發上跳上跳下的舉動讓粉絲大吃一驚。
Water Tiger Traits: Intuitive and understanding, the Water Tiger’s excellent judgment is its predominant trait. Sometimes they can be a bit hesitant, meaning they fail to achieve their goals.
水虎的特質:直覺力強又善解人意,最大的優勢是判斷力絕佳。有時又有點優柔寡斷,所以沒能達成目標。
Accuracy Rating: 6/10. Cruise has achieved his ambitions of being a movie star and successful producer, so the horoscope prediction loses points there. His record of two divorces means his intuition skills must also be questioned. But when it comes to movies, Cruise’s judgment is second to none with nearly all of his movies registering as box office successes.
準確度:百分之六十。阿湯哥實現了當個電影明星和成功製作人的夢想,因此生肖預測失準。他的兩度離婚,也讓人對他的直覺產生質疑。但一說到電影,阿湯哥的判斷力可是無人能及,因為他演出的電影幾乎都是賣座強片。
1950 Stevie Wonder — Metal Tiger
一九五O年 史提夫.汪達 — 金虎
Profile: Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, Stevie Wonder is one of the most influential living musicians. He was blind at birth as a result of being born six weeks prematurely, but he signed to Motown records in 1961 aged 11 and had his first hit in the same year under the name Little Stevie Wonder. He continued to record with Motown throughout the 1960s and scored a series of hits. His most prolific period occurred during the 1970s, when he recorded the seminal albums Talking Book, Innervisions, and Songs in the Key of Life. Wonder is an active member of the civil rights movement and is the favorite artist of Barack Obama.
個人資料:本名史提夫蘭.哈達威.朱德金斯的史提夫.汪達是現今最具影響力的音樂人之一。他出生時就因早產六週而失明。一九六一年時,才十一歲的他就跟「摩城音樂」簽約,同年以「小史提夫•汪達」之名推出第一支暢銷單曲。一九六0年代期間和摩城音樂合作錄製了一系列暢銷金曲。一九七0年代是最多產的時期,錄製了影響深遠的專輯《有聲書》、《幻想曲》及《生命之歌》。汪達是活躍的人權鬥士,也是美國總統歐巴瑪最喜愛的音樂人。
Metal Tiger Traits: Metal Tigers are competitive and do anything they can to win. They can be emotional and unpredictable, and it’s hard to know what kind of mood they’ll be in.
金虎的特質:好勝心強,會不計一切取得勝利。有時會顯得情緒化、難以捉摸,旁人很難看出他們當下的心情。
Accuracy Rating: 7/10. Stevie Wonder’s music is both emotional and extremely difficult to sing because of the unpredictable melody changes, so for that he scores well on the accuracy rating.
準確度:百分之七十。史提夫.汪達的音樂極具感情,又因為旋律變化多端而極為難唱,因此他算是個性相當符合金虎特質的人。
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Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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