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      9. People who use purple towels are silly.                                      lem.» I did that, and I got every answer right. I thought, «This is my
      10. Almost everyone is at least a little superstitious.                         lucky pencil.» But later I discovered that my pencil was lucky only
                                                                                      sometimes. When I studied hard, my pencil helped me, but when I didn’t
      3. Form small conversation groups. Ask the people in your                       study hard, it didn’t help me.
group if they know any superstitions about:
                                                                                                  Now write about something you have that is lucky.
1. salt         9. crows                17. itching         25. dropping silverware
2. ladders      10. owls                18. ears ringing    26. chopsticks                  C. Has there ever been a time when you’ve had very good – or
3. mirrors      11. rabbits             19. eye twitching   27. dreams                very bad – luck? Write about it. Here is what one student wrote:
4. broom        12. elephants           20. shivering       28. finding a coin
5. combs        13. horseshoes          21. whistling       29. opening an umbrella          Last month I had a very unlucky day. I overslept in the morning
6. knives       14. garlic              22. cutting nails   30. weddings              because I had forgotten to set my alarm clock. It was raining. On the
7. shoes        15. four-leaf clovers   23. taking photos   31. new year’s day        way to the bus stop I fell and got wet. Then I missed the bus and was
8. black cats   16. hiccups             24. cooking         32. funeral procession    late for my class.
                                                                                             That night a friend of mine called me while I was cooking dinner.
      4. Writing                                                                      It was a long phone call, and I forgot about my dinner. When I finished
                                                                                      talking to my friend, I went into the kitchen to check on my dinner. It
       A. Make a list of superstitions that some people in your country               was burned. I thought, «I have only two hands and one head. I’m trying
believe. Here is an example from a student from Panama:                               to do too much.» But later I thought, «I was just not lucky today.»
       1. Always sleep with your feet facing the door of your room.
       2. If you give your sweetheart a handkerchief or socks, you will                       Now write about a time when you had good luck or bad luck.
argue.
       3. If you want a visitor to leave, turn your broom upside down.                         5. What information is not in the story?
       4. If a young woman is sweeping the floor and the broom acci-                           • There are over one million superstitions.
dentally touches her feet, she will marry a rich old man.                                      • Children are usually not superstitious.
       5. To protect yourself from evil spirits, wear your pajamas inside                      • Many people are superstitious about numbers.
out.                                                                                           • Numerologists make a living giving people advice about num-
                                                                                      bers.
                              Now make your list.                                              • It is always a good idea to take a numerologist’s advice.
      B. Write about something you have that is lucky – a lucky num-                           • Some superstitions tell people how to reverse bad luck.
ber or a lucky hat, for example. Why is it lucky? Can you remember a                           • Some superstitions are contradictory.
time when it brought you good luck? Here is what one student wrote:                            • Some superstitions have become customs.
                                                                                               • People who use purple towels are silly.
       When I was a high school student, I had a difficult mathematics                         • Almost everyone is at least a little superstitious.
test one day. Before the test our teacher told us, «Use the same pencil
you used when you studied last night. When you can’t solve a problem,
hold the pencil tightly. If you do that, you will be able to solve the prob-

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