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UNIT 4 Superstitions

1 Are you superstitious? Read about amazing superstitions.

You learn Are you
• first conditional
• prepositions
• common verbs SUPERSTITIOUS?

+ prepositions
• words for star signs There are many superstitions around the world.
and then you can For example, some Brazilians believe you will
• talk about have lots of money if you eat lentils on the first

superstitions / star
of January. In China, you will have good luck if
signs
• talk about personality you clean your house at the beginning of the
• talk about year. Here are some more …
consequences
SNAKES Snakes in are a symbol put
of
If
you
Japan.
money
a piece of snake skin into your wallet,
you are going to become rich or find
money. People say that if you kill a
snake, you will lose your money. And
if someone finds a white snake, he
or she will be lucky in life. That’s why
some people actually put a picture of a
white snake on the wall!

FOOD People in Romania believe

that if a young man eats
the corners of a piece of bread,
he will have a good relationship
with his future wife’s mother!
In Thailand, if you eat cold rice
mixed with hot rice, you will lose
your way the next time you go
out.
MONEY In Argentina, Dictionary work

if you drop a
coin into a fountain, you can have

Circle the correct definition for the following words.
three wishes. You have to turn
backwards in front of the fountain, Then check in your dictionary.
then make three wishes and drop
1 drop 3 backwards
a coin in the fountain. They say
a to let something fall a walking with your back to
your wishes will come true – some
b to throw something
day. But if you pick up coins from a
2 fountain b walking away from something
fountain, you will have bad luck!
a stream or small 4 relationship
Brazilians believe that if you put
river
your purse on the floor, your money a someone in your family
b water coming out
will disappear and you won’t know b the way in which you
of a structure
where it went. behave / feel towards a person
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