Pre-reading

Question: How do fortune tellers talk to people online?

Intensive Reading

A fortune teller is a person who predicts someone’s future. He uses different ways to do it. He can use numerology to study numbers and what they mean in someone’s life. He can also use tarot cards or palm reading.

算命师指的是预测别人未来的人。他用不同的方式来预测。他能用数字命理学来研究数字以及它们在某人的生命中有什么含义。他还能用塔罗牌或者看手相。

Many people go to fortune tellers in Thailand. They like to know what will happen in the future. Many fortune tellers start to work online during Covid-19. More than 7,000 fortune tellers work for one online company. They use a special app to speak to people.

泰国有很多人去算命。他们喜欢了解未来会发生什么。新冠时期，很多算命师开始网上算命。有7000多名算命师为一家网络公司工作。他们用一种特殊的软件和人们交谈。

Young Thais have more problems with their work. They often speak to fortune tellers. They ask about work. It is different. They often ask about love in the past.

年轻的泰国人有很多职场问题。他们经常跟算命师交流。他们问工作相关的事。这很难。过去他们经常问的是恋爱问题。

Notes:

1. fortune teller：算命师，fortune指的是“命运”，tell作动词有一个意思是“做出判断”，因此fortune teller表达的是“对命运做出判断的人”，也就是算命师。

2. numerology：n. 数字命理学，即用数字来占卜。

3. tarot cards：塔罗牌（预卜命运的一种牌）。

4. palm reading：看手相，palm指的是手掌，另外还有个词叫做mind reading，是“读心术”的意思。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

What do young Thais ask fortune tellers about nowadays?