海外文化:英美民俗-不祥之举:一根火柴三支烟
日期:2009-06-25 12:53

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英文原文

【英文原文】

摘要:有些人认为一根火柴连点三支烟不吉利。

Many people believe that lighting cigarettes for three persons from one match will bring bad luck. This superstition may have come from among soldiers during World War I. At night, a match that stayed lit long enough to light three cigarettes provided a target for the enemy.

Some people believe that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder. Different reasons have been given for this superstition. One of them is that a ladder was used to take down Jesus from the cross. But this is not mentioned in the Bible. Maybe the most sensible reason is, when a person walks under a ladder, it may fall on him or her, or a hammer or a bucket of paint may fall on his or her head.

中文译文

【中文译文】

有些人认为一根火柴连点三支烟不吉利。据说这种迷信源于第一次世界大战。在夜间,如果火柴燃烧的时间过长,就会暴露目标,使自己成为敌人的靶子。

有人认为从梯子下面走过不吉利。有这一迷信的起源有多种说法。其中一种说法是,在将耶稣的遗体从十字架上取下时,用过梯子。但《圣经》里并没有提到过这一点。也许最合理的解释是当人从梯子下走过时,梯子会偶然倒下,或站在梯子上干活的人会失手落下一把锤子或一桶油漆。

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重点单词
  • hammern. 锤,榔头 vi. 锤击,反复敲打 vt. 锤打,严
  • bucketn. 水桶 vt. 装在桶里 vi. 急急忙忙
  • sensibleadj. 可察觉的,意识到的,实用的 n. 可感知物
  • laddern. 梯子,阶梯,梯状物 n. (袜子)抽丝 v.