номер 3, страница 80 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс учебник Wetz, Styring

3 BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY Check the meaning of the words in blue in the text. Then complete the sentences.

1 She's happy, healthy and rich. She's ____.

2 Many people have a ____ of the dark.

3 My aunt doesn't like black cats. She's very ____.

4 I never win anything. I'm ____.

5 I think the number 13 is unlucky. It's my ____.

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_____

РАСШИРЬТЕ СВОЙ СЛОВАРНЫЙ ЗАПАС. Проверьте значение слов, выделенных синим цветом в тексте. Затем дополните предложения.

Как вы думаете, вы удачливый или неудачливый человек? Почему?

Ответ:

3 1 She's happy, healthy and rich. She's lucky.

Она счастлива, здорова и богата. Она удачлива.

2 Many people have a fear of the dark.

Многие люди боятся темноты.

3 My aunt doesn't like black cats. She's very superstitious.

Моя тетя не любит черных кошек. Она очень суеверна.

4 I never win anything. I'm unlucky.

Я никогда ничего не выигрываю. Я неудачник.

5 I think the number 13 is unlucky. It's my superstition.

Я думаю, что число 13 несчастливое. Это мое суеверие.

5 I think I'm a lucky person. Because I have a wonderful family and good friends. Also, sometimes I just get lucky, like when I found some money on the street or when I got a good grade on a test I didn't study much for.

Я думаю, что я удачливый человек. Потому что у меня замечательная семья и хорошие друзья. А еще, иногда мне просто везет, например, когда я нашел деньги на улице или получил хорошую оценку за контрольную, к которой не очень готовился.