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UNIT 7
Reading 1
忌み数(縁起の悪い数字)を意識して行動することがありますか。
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*superstition
incomplete 未完成の
pyramid ピラミッド
思想・哲学・宗教
VED
Which number sounds lucky or unlucky to you? In many cultures around the
world, people believe that some numbers are unluckier than others.
Turkey
In most Western cultures, many people consider the number 13 to be unlucky. In
the United States, for example, many cities do not have a 13th street; many buildings
5 do not have a 13th floor. You might have seen the 13th floor (
1 ) as 14 in
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つまり
the elevator.
There are also those who believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day - one on
への人々
which many things can go wrong.
The exact origin of *superstitions about Friday the 13th remains unknown.
10 However, superstitious fears about this date have grown and spread over
the years, thanks, in part, to unfortunate events. In the 19th century, a ship - the
HMS Friday
which was launched on a Friday the 13th, disappeared at sea. On a
Friday the 13th in 1992, an earthquake in *Turkey killed thousands of people.
Note
It is surprising, though, that the number 13 is considered unlucky in the United
15 States. The country was originally divided into 13 states. On the dollar bill there is
a picture of an *incomplete *pyramid with 13 steps. The *bald eagle carries an *olive
branch in one of its *claws with 13 leaves and 13 *berries on it. In the other claw it is
holding 13 arrows, and above its head there are 13 stars.
In different cultures, other numbers are believed to be unlucky. In Japan, Korea,
20 and China, for example, people consider the number four to be unlucky because the
*pronunciation of the word meaning four is very similar to the pronunciation of the
word that means death. Many hotels and hospitals in these countries do not have a
room number four. Also, people (4) give a gift consisting of four items.
bald eagle ハクトウワシ
olive オリーブ claw かぎつめ
berry # pronunciation
分詞① (補語になる分詞)
Track 35-36
(302 words)
Note
HMS Friday 戦艦フライデー
金曜日に航海を開始すると不運にみまわれるという迷信を払いの
けようと、英国海軍がジェームズ・フライデー船長の指揮下で金
曜日に出港させたが, 直後に消息を絶った。 広く語られているが,
史実としてその存在は裏づけられていない。 HMSはHis [Her]
Majesty's Ship [Service] の略で 「英国海軍艦
いう意味
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