原标题：学英语--迷信篇

1. knock on wood美国人迷信，忌讳把好运气说出来，觉得这样一来就可能会倒霉。这种时候一定要跟上一句“knock on wood”颇有驱邪的味道。

例如，你告诉朋友，My son didn't get sick the whole winter.我儿子一冬天没生病。这时最好加上一句，“knock on wood.”否则，儿子第二天开始流鼻涕可就惨了。

2.Don't jinx it! 意思是有好事不能说出来，说了就会jinx it带来坏运气。例如：

A: You did really well in the interview. I'm sure you will get a job offer soon.

B: Shuuu...Stop talking about it. I don't want to jinx it.

A:你面试那么好，一定很快就会收到录用通知。

B：快别说，说了就不灵了。

3. to keep one's fingers crossed把一只手举起来，用中指压住食指，意思是希望一切如愿，不出意外。比如：

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be cold when we go to Florida next week.但愿下星期去佛罗里达天气不要太冷。

西方另外一些迷信还包括：

Friday the 13th is a bad day. 十三号星期五不吉利。

Don't walk under a ladder.别从梯子下走；

To break a mirror will bring you seven years of bad luck. 弄碎镜子会带来七年的坏运气。

A black cat crossing your path is bad luck. 黑猫从你前面走过意味着坏运气。

Never light three cigarettes with the same match.一根火柴不能点三根烟；

Don't open an umbrella in the house.别在屋里打伞；

Wear underwear inside out when having a bad day.倒霉时内裤反穿。

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