Superstitions [ 迷信 ]
A superstition (1) is something that people believe will bring good or bad luck if it happens. The following lists are very common western superstitions.
迷信是指人们相信会带来好运或厄运的事情。以下列出的是一些西方很普遍的迷信思想。
Good Luck
Spilling wine while proposing (2) a toast (3)
祝酒时酒溅出
Looking at the new moon (4) over your right shoulder
向右扭头望新月
Finding nine peas in a pea pod (5)
一枚豆荚里有九粒豌豆
Picking up a pencil in the street
在街上捡到一支铅笔
Finding a ladybug (6) on you
瓢虫上身
Carrying an acorn (7) with you
随身带橡树果
Finding and keeping a four-leaf clover (8)
发觉四片叶瓣的三叶草
Dolphins swimming near a ship
海豚在轮船周围游泳
A spider spinning (9) (a web) in the morning
清晨看见蜘蛛结网
A bat flying into the house
蝙蝠飞进屋
Bad Luck
Seven years bad luck for breaking a mirror
镜子一碎，倒霉七年
An owl hooting three times
猫头鹰叫三声
Putting new shoes on a table
新鞋放桌上
Three butterflies together
三只蝴蝶翩翩飞
Hearing a rooster crow at night
夜里听到公鸡叫
Getting out of bed left foot first
下床左脚先着地
A picture falling
(Reverse your luck by turning three times counter clockwise (10).)
相片掉在地上
（逆时针方向转三次可转运）
WORD KEY
1 superstition noun 迷信
2 propose verb 提议
3 toast noun 祝酒，敬酒
4 new moon noun 新月
5 pea pod noun 豌豆荚
6 ladybug noun 瓢虫
7 acorn noun 橡子，橡树果
8 four-leaf clover noun 有四片叶瓣的三叶草
9 spinning verb （蜘蛛等）结（网）
10 counter clockwise noun 逆时针方向
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第一英语在线杂志
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