（Level 2）-Day 16. Superstitions
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在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.superstitions 迷信 2.itchy 发痒 3.ladder 梯子 原文 Superstitions I am not superstitious，are you？ Yesterday was Friday the thirteenth. Some people think that Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day. I think that it is just like any other day. Some people believe that if a black cat crosses your path，you will have bad luck I don't believe that either. My mother always gets upset if I open an umbrella in the house. She says that it is bad luck. She is probably right about that one，because an open umbrella would take up a lot of space and you might knock things over. If your left hand is itchy，you are supposed to get money. I have had an itchy left hand before，but I haven't received any money because of it. It is bad luck to walk under a ladder. That is probably true，because you might knock somebody off the ladder，or have a can of paint fall on top of you. If you are acting in a play，it is bad luck if someone says “good luck”to you This is very confusing. You are supposed to tell an actor to“break a leg”. It doesn't mean that you want the actor to break his leg. It means good luck to the actor. Actors have a lot of superstitions that are very unusual. I am not superstitious. I don't believe in superstitions at all. It is just fun to learn about superstitions. Some of them are very old，and have been passed down from generation to generation. I once did a project at school on superstitions. It was a very interesting topic，and I got a good mark for it.