American Сulture. Жукова Е.Ф. - 46 стр.

                                                   something bad from happening.
Crossing your fingers                              You wish to have good luck.


Rabbit’s foot                                      Carry it for good luck, although it didn’t
                                                   help the rabbit.
Horse shoe                                         Put it over the door of a new house to
                                                   bring luck.

Exercise 1. Match the statements in the first column with an appropriate response
from the second column.

______ 1. I have a physics exam and I              A. That’s a bad luck.
          need a score of 89 to get A in
          the course.                              B. Did you break a mirror?


______ 2. We are in room 1313.                     C. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.


______ 3. I haven’t had a cold in three            D. That’s double bad luck.
          years.
                                                   E. You’d better knock on wood.
_____ 4. I’ve had bad luck every year for
         the past six years.                       F. Bad luck happens in threes.


_____ 5. Here’s a shortcut. Let’s go
         under this ladder.


_____ 6. I had a flat tire this morning; my
        boss said there would be no
        raises this year; my car is going
        to cost $1350 to fix.


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