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上海学生英语报.初中进阶版第966期《Thenumber13——luck
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上海学生英语报.初中进阶版第966期《Thenumber13——luck

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  Numbershaveapartinourdailylives.Afterall,welivewithnumbers.Fromtelevisionchannelstocomputers,numbersareusedeverywhere!   Afewcenturiesago,peoplestartedtomakeluckynumbers.Thiswasinspiredbypeoplewhowerehavingtroubleintheirlives.However,whenthereareluckynumbers,thereoughttobeunluckynumbers,right?So,peoplestartedtolookforthatparticularnumberand,unluckily,13becamethat“dangerous”number.   AccordingtotheChristianreligion,Judaswasthe13thpersonatJesusChrist’slastsupper.AnditwashewhobetrayedJesus.Sonowmanypeopleconsideritveryinauspicioustohave13peoplearoundadinnertable,believingthatif13peoplesitdowntohavedinnertogether,oneofthemwoulddiewithintheyear.   InancientTurkey,thenumber13wasnearlyerasedfromthevocabularybecauseofitsmeaningofbadluck;manycitiesintheU.K.andtheU.S.A.donothavea13thstreetora13thavenue,andbuildingsdonothavea13thfloororahousewiththenumber13.   Fridaythe13thisthoughttobeextremelyunluckybecauseitisacombinationofanunluckydayandanunluckynumber.Now,peopleavoidholdingaweddingonthatday,somepeopleevenavoiddrivingonFridaythe13th!   However,noteveryoneisafraidof13.Somebodyevenlovesit!PopsingerTaylorSwiftdraws“13”onherhandbeforeeveryshow.Shehascrediteditwithmanyofhersuccessesinthelastfewyears.NotonlyisitthedayshewasbornoninDecember1989,butovertheyearsithasbecomesomuchmore.“Iwasbornonthe13th.Iturned13onFridaythe13th.Myfirstalbumwentgoldin13weeks.MyfirstNo.1songhada13-secondintro,”sheexplains.“EverytimeI’vewonanawardI’vebeenseatedineitherthe13thseat,the13throw,the13thsectionorrowM,whichisthe13thletterinthealphabet.”   So,is13luckyorunlucky?IgorRadun,aprofessorwhostudieshumanbehaviors,mighthavetheanswer:“Therearenoluckyorunluckynumbers;theyexistonlyinourheads—orintheheadsofsomeofus—andtheymightbecomeluckyorunluckyonlyifwemakethemassuch.”
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