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Skills

Reading

1 Decide if these things are good or bad luck. Then read the article and check.
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good luck bad luck
seeing a black cat
a strange dog coming to your house

shaking your money if you hear a cuckoo

Animal superstitions

don’t know why, but there are lots Many superstitions say that birds can
I of superstitions about cats and dogs. also bring good or bad luck. When you
I’m sure everyone knows that you’ll see a magpie, you should remember
have bad luck if you see a black cat*, to say, ‘Hello, Mr Magpie.’ That will
but did you know that if you put butter protect you from bad luck. Of course, if
on a cat’s feet, it will never go far from other people hear you, they may think
your house? Or at least that’s what you’re a little strange, so say it quietly!
some people think! In the past, visitors Sometimes nice things can happen
to English homes always kissed the cat when you see a bird – a cuckoo, for
when they arrived, and in Scotland, example. Cuckoos sing at the start of
people think that if a strange dog spring, and if you shake your money
comes to your house, you’ll make new when you hear one, you’ll be rich!
friends. There are superstitions about Here’s another one about a bird – if a
these animals and the weather, too. For chicken comes into your house, then a
instance, if a cat washes its face, or if a visitor will arrive soon. The same thing
dog eats grass, it will rain! But if you will happen if a bee comes in, but if
live in England, you know that it will you kill the bee, then the visitor won’t
rain soon anyway! be a nice person – so be nice to bees!

* In Asia and the UK black cats are lucky!

2 Read the article again. Choose the correct answers.

1 A cat with butter on its feet … 4 You should …
A will soon leave your house. A never look at a magpie.
B will always stay near its home. B say nothing when you see a magpie.
C brings bad luck. C wish for good luck when you see a magpie.
D will travel a long way. D say hello when you see a magpie.
2 If a cat washes its face, … 5 If you hear a cuckoo sing …
A it will rain. A you will get rich.

B there will be good weather. B you will have a visitor soon.
C it is ill. C you will have bad luck.
D it is very dirty. D you should shake your money.

3 Birds … 6 If there’s a bee in your house, …
A always bring bad luck. A you should kill it.
B always bring good luck. B it’s best not to kill it.
C can sometimes bring good things. C it will bring good luck.
D mustn’t fly into your house. D it will bring bad luck.

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