西方人迷信(英语教学课件)
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西方人迷信(英语教学课件)
Superstitions
Friday the 13th is a bad day.
Jesus
Bird pooing on you is goodluck.
• If something bad happens to you, then something good must happen to balance out the karma.
Atchoo (God bless you)
• This comes from a plague that was spreading in 590 A.D.
Crossing your fingers to wish for goodluck.
• The Hundred Years War between France and England
A black cat crossing your path is considered bad luck.
witch
Witches could transform themselves into black cats.
If one crossed your path, it meant a witch was watching you.
• Salt---Salary
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.
• 'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago .
Broken mirror will result in seven years bad luck.
• Breaking a mirror is bad luck because at one time mirrors were very expensive. If a palace maid broke a mirror she was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Arches • Secret sign
Never take the third light from a match, it is bad luHale Waihona Puke Baiduk.
• World War I,
• Sniper
Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck
Carrots help you see in the dark.
• World War II • The British
and Germans • Rumor
Spilling salt is bad luck
• Spilling salt is bad luck because in Roman times, salt was so valuable that soldiers were paid in salt rather than money.
Superstitions
Friday the 13th is a bad day.
Jesus
Bird pooing on you is goodluck.
• If something bad happens to you, then something good must happen to balance out the karma.
Atchoo (God bless you)
• This comes from a plague that was spreading in 590 A.D.
Crossing your fingers to wish for goodluck.
• The Hundred Years War between France and England
A black cat crossing your path is considered bad luck.
witch
Witches could transform themselves into black cats.
If one crossed your path, it meant a witch was watching you.
• Salt---Salary
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.
• 'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago .
Broken mirror will result in seven years bad luck.
• Breaking a mirror is bad luck because at one time mirrors were very expensive. If a palace maid broke a mirror she was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Arches • Secret sign
Never take the third light from a match, it is bad luHale Waihona Puke Baiduk.
• World War I,
• Sniper
Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck
Carrots help you see in the dark.
• World War II • The British
and Germans • Rumor
Spilling salt is bad luck
• Spilling salt is bad luck because in Roman times, salt was so valuable that soldiers were paid in salt rather than money.