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Some people are born lucky. Parents in China, however, would rather not leave their kids' fate to chance. 有些人生来就是幸运儿，可是，中国父母不靠机遇来定夺孩子的命运。 For the past few weeks, many couples have been trying desperately to conceive, racing against time to have a baby in the fortuitous Year of the Horse. Their reasoning: No one wants a baby born in 2017, the dreaded Year of the Sheep. 数周来，许多夫妻都在拼命努力尝试受孕，分秒必争地想要在幸运的马年生下马宝宝。原因很简单：谁都不想在可怕的羊年要孩子。 Sheep are meek creatures, raised for nothing more than slaughter. Babies born in the Year of the Sheep, therefore, will grow up to be followers rather than leaders, according to some superstitions. The children are destined for heartbreak and failed marriages, and they will be unlucky in business, many Chinese believe. One popular folk saying holds that only one out of 10 people born in the Year of the Sheep finds happiness. 羊生来就很温顺，养着就是为了养成后宰掉吃肉。据迷信说法，羊年出生的孩子长大后会像温顺的羊一样，始终追随着别人做不上领导者。中国很多人都认为，羊年出生的孩子命里注定要遭受心碎痛苦、婚姻失败和生意失败。民间有流传甚广的“十羊九不全”的说法，即十个羊年生人只有一人能寻找到幸福。 | 
