EXERCISE 2.. Read these incomplete statements and try to complete them.. EXERCISE 3.. Find the appropriate words to these definitions from the text in bold („Other Superstitions” part).

Be careful! Many people believe that Friday the 13th is a day when bad things happen.

A HORRIBLE DAY

THE LAST SUPPER

PHOBIAS

THE BLACK CAT

KNOCK ON WOOD

source: http://www.speakuponline.it

LADDER

SALT

UMBRELLA

MIRROR

source: https://www.5percangol.hu/hirlevel_2006/2006_01_17_superstitions

EXERCISE 1.

Read the article and answer the questions.

1. What do some people in the USA do on Friday 13th because of their fears?

2. Why do some Christians think both 13 and Friday are unlucky?

3. Why do hotels and airlines feel obliged not to use the number 13?

4. What did some people think about cats in the Middle Ages?

5. What’s the purpose of saying “knock on wood”?

EXERCISE 2.

Read these incomplete statements and try to complete them.

1. In the USA, up to ______________ people believe that Friday the 13th is unlucky.

2. Friday the 13th is even the name of a series of American ______________.

3. The idea that Friday the 13th is unlucky started only in _____________.

4. In __________ the rows go from 12 to 14, skipping row 13.

5. Some people also believe they’ll have bad luck if ______________ crosses their path.

EXERCISE 3.

Find the appropriate words to these definitions from the text in bold („Other Superstitions” part).

1. a product that is bought and sold

2. to officially speak or take action for another person or group of people

3. to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls

4. to flow or fall out of a container

5. to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces

6. the pale light of the moon

7. to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc.

8. an evil spirit

9. to put someone who has died in a grave

10. a very frightening dream

11. the crime of deliberately killing someone

12. a promise that something will definitely happen or is definitely true

13. used for treating medical problems

EXERCISE 4.

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