Do you believe in good luck or bad
Do you believe in good luck or bad luck? • NO? SURE? !
Menu • • • The most popular superstitions. checking the meaning of the words. some of the British superstitions quiz your own superstitions.
The most popular superstitions: • Most people in the world have some superstitions:
Do you know these words? Match the words and their meanings: • • • Superstitions good luck bad luck a magpie a horseshoe a ladder to wear a charm a spider to cross fingers a four-leaf shamrock • • • Паук Подкова Предрассудки Носить амулет Хорошая примета Скрестить пальцы Плохая примета Клевер-четырехлистник Сорока Лестница
These are a few British superstitions. Do you think they are good or bad luck?
To walk under a ladder is bad luck
Number 13 is 13 very unlucky
To catch falling leaves in autumn brings good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month in the next year
To break a mirror is Very unlucky
To see two magpies brings luck
To open an umbrella in the house is unlucky
black cats are lucky
To say “white rabbits” on the first day of the month is lucky
To go past somebody on the stairs is unlucky
QUIZ • Now try your best and tell if these things bring good or bad luck:
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPERSTITIONS? • Tell about your or your family superstitions. • Use: touch wood, kill a spider, hate the number 13, have a horseshoe over the door, look for a four-leaf clover, keep fingers crossed, eat a bus ticket which has the same figure in the beginning and in the end, break a mirror, spit three times over the left shoulder, look into the mirror if you`ve left something at home.
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