номер 2, страница 80 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс учебник Wetz, Styring

2 💿2.32 Read the text. Add sentences a-e to the paragraphs. There is one sentence that you do not need. Then listen and check.

a Maybe he'll change the number to 12!

b So a building whose top floor is 50 may only have 36 floors.

c In 2016 a lot of children will be eight years old in China!

d Seven is a lucky number in most cultures.

e Eight is also a popular number in phone numbers, addresses and PIN numbers.

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_____

Прочитайте текст. Вставьте предложения a-e в абзацы. Одно предложение лишнее. Затем прослушайте и проверьте.

Ответ:

1 - c

2 - e

3 - b

4 - a

Sentence d is not needed. / Предложение d не требуется.

У тебя есть счастливое число?

Ответ:

Yes, my lucky number is 7. It's the day of my birthday and it just seems to pop up everywhere!

Да, мое счастливое число - 7. Это день моего рождения, и мне кажется, что оно постоянно везде появляется!

Как ты думаешь, ты везучий или невезучий человек? Почему?

Ответ:

I think I am a lucky person. I don't know why, but good things often happen to me, like finding money on the street or getting a good grade on a test I didn't study much for.

Я думаю, что я везучий человек. Я не знаю почему, но со мной часто случаются хорошие вещи, например, я нахожу деньги на улице или получаю хорошую оценку за тест, к которому не очень-то и готовился.