SUPERSTITIONS
Reading + Filling the gaps:
Some animals are related to evil things, for example “crows”. Do you know what crows are? They are ugly black birds. The American writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote a famous poem called The Crow. You can read a rhyme below referring to crows:
COUNTING CROWS
One's bad,
Two's luck,
Three's health,
Four's wealth,
Five's sickness,
Six is death!!!
Here are some popular phrases related to evil things. Work with a partner and fill in the gaps of the sentences below. (Every dash corresponds to one letter).
REMEMBER to use an Online dictionary to check the meaning of the words you don´t know ;-)
1) To break a mirror means 7 years _ _ _ luck.
2) If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will _ _ _ soon.
3) If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die _ _ _ _ _.
4) Walking below a _ _ _ _ _ _ will give you bad luck. 5) The devil can enter your body when you _ _ _ _ _ _. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.
6) Sparrows carry the souls of the dead, it's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not lucky) to kill one.
7) If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the _ _ _ _ (360 days) is over.Can´t guess the words? I took the rhymes from the following website: “ Info about Superstitions: old wives tales, folklore, bizarre beliefs, taboos, omens, lucky & unlucky things” Look for the phrases at: http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/scary.html
REMEMBER to use an Online dictionary to check the meaning of the words you don´t know ;-)
1) To break a mirror means 7 years _ _ _ luck.
2) If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will _ _ _ soon.
3) If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die _ _ _ _ _.
4) Walking below a _ _ _ _ _ _ will give you bad luck. 5) The devil can enter your body when you _ _ _ _ _ _. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.
6) Sparrows carry the souls of the dead, it's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not lucky) to kill one.
7) If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the _ _ _ _ (360 days) is over.Can´t guess the words? I took the rhymes from the following website: “ Info about Superstitions: old wives tales, folklore, bizarre beliefs, taboos, omens, lucky & unlucky things” Look for the phrases at: http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/scary.html
Please send me the complete sentences by e-mail to solibarrav@gmail.com and also tell me: are YOU superstitious??? Support your choice. The paragraph must take above 50 words. Remember to write your names and the course you belong to at the end of the e-mail! :)
Now, let´s do a listening activity! Some people are superstitious and believe in horoscopes. We will listen to this man giving his point of view. Is he for or against horoscopes?
Click on this link www.listenaminute.com/h/horoscopes.html Then, click on LISTEN (it is written in blue, below the word DOWNLOADS). A new small window will appear.
If the sound is not good the first time, do not worry. Play it a second time and it will be fine. Audio files usually take time to download.
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