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As we celebrate the Year of the Sheep, some of you may have heard some superstitions(迷信) about this animal sign.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Sheep have a difficult life. That’s because sheep are gentle and k     . Therefore, many Chinese people would try to avoid getting married or giving birth d      the Year of the Sheep. But is this all really true?
Of course, it doesn’t make sense, a      to Wang Juan, a folklore expert, in ancient China, yang was c   to good luck and happiness. In the book Shuowenjiezi(《说文解字》)–the first Chinese d     to explain characters—the writer Xu Shen from Eastern Han dynasty said that “yang” means “xiang”. And now many Chinese characters with “yang”a    mean something good, for example, “xian” and “mei”.
Today many famous people who were b      in the Year of the Sheep live very good lives, i    US Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
What kind of life you will have depends on many things, including how hard you study now and the career you want when you g  up. In fact, animal signs are of little i    . The really important thing for you is to develop a good personality along with your own skills.