номер 1, страница 80 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс учебник Wetz, Styring

1 Look at the photo of the buttons in the lift. What do you notice? Why do you think this happens?

Lucky numbers

At eight minutes past eight on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008, the Olympic Games started in Beijing. In China eight is a lucky number, and people believe that an eight in your date of birth will bring good fortune. Millions of Chinese people tried to have an 'Olympic baby' and in 2008 there were a lot more births than in a normal year. ¹_____

But why eight? In Mandarin, the pronunciation for eight (ba) sounds similar to the word for 'prosperity'. In 1992 someone paid $640,000 for a car number plate with the single number 8 on it. ²_____

In contrast, you won't be lucky in China if you have the number four in your date of birth. The number four in Mandarin (si) sounds like the word for 'death', so many people think it is an unlucky number, which will bring you bad fortune. In many East Asian countries buildings don't have any floor numbers with a four in them. ³_____

In some European countries and in the USA, the unlucky number is thirteen. The superstition started because Judas was the thirteenth person at the Last Supper. People with a fear of the number thirteen are triskaidekaphobic. Unfortunately the phobia can also affect people who aren't superstitious, like the man who was happy to buy house number 13 in his road, but couldn't sell it. ⁴_____

1. Посмотрите на фотографию кнопок в лифте. Что вы замечаете? Как вы думаете, почему это происходит?

Ответ:

I notice that the numbers 4 and 13 are missing from the lift buttons. The floor numbers jump from 2 to 5 (skipping 3 and 4) and from 12 to 14. This happens because of superstitions. According to the text, in many East Asian countries, the number 4 is considered unlucky because it sounds like the word for 'death'. In some European countries and the USA, the number 13 is considered unlucky.

Я замечаю, что на кнопках лифта отсутствуют цифры 4 и 13. Нумерация этажей перескакивает со 2-го на 5-й (пропуская 3-й и 4-й) и с 12-го на 14-й. Это происходит из-за суеверий. Согласно тексту, во многих странах Восточной Азии число 4 считается несчастливым, потому что оно звучит как слово «смерть». В некоторых европейских странах и США несчастливым считается число 13.