Listening Practice 2. Listening Practice 3. Listening Practice 4

Listening Practice 2

1. In the United States, many people think that the number 13 is unlucky. For this reason, lots of tall buildings do not have a “13^th floor.”

2. For many years in Japan, people believed if a person saw a white snake, he would have good luck for life. Even today, some people put pictures of white snakes on the walls of their house.

3. In Mexico, some people believe if a groom sees a bride’s dress before the wedding, she will have bad luck. Soon-to-be brides often forbid the soon-to-be grooms to see the wedding dress.

4. In Korea, many people think if there is a pig in your dream, you will have good luck. If a Korean sees a pig in his dream, he might go out and buy lottery tickets the next day.

Listening Practice 3

Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Alberto Zafra. Today, the topic of my speech will be American superstitions. We don’t have enough time to go over all of them, so I will just talk about my favorite three. Number one: Americans say “God bless you!” when someone sneezes. They do this because long ago people thought when a person sneezed evil spirits could enter his body. Number two: Americans believe if you spill salt on a table, you will have bad luck. Strangely enough, they believe if you throw some salt over your left shoulder after you spill it, you will have good luck again. And finally, number three: Americans believe if you break a mirror, you will have bad luck for seven years! Luckily, they say if you wait seven hours to clean up the broken glass, you will have good luck again.

Listening Practice 4

Tamara: Hey, Jason. Did you see the newspaper today?

Jason: Hey, Tamara. Yeah, I did. Why?

Tamara: There is an interesting article about the airline industry and superstitions.

Jason: Oh, I read that! I thought it was funny that some planes don’t have a row 13 because some people are scared of the number 13.

Tamara: Yeah, it’s crazy, right? Did you see that All Nippon Airways from Japan does not have a row 4, 9, or 13 because 4 and 9 are unlucky in Japan?

Jason: Yeah. I also saw that Seoul’s International Airport does not have a gate 4, 13, or 44 because the number 4 is considered unlucky in Korea.

Tamara: I thought the funniest story was how US Airways in America always flies flights #777 and #711 to Las Vegas.

Jason: Because Las Vegas is full of casinos and the numbers 7 and 11 are lucky numbers in the US, right?

Tamara: Exactly.

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