Презентация на английском языке "Superstitions"

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Superstitions in Britain

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Good and bad: do you believe in them?

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Lucky to meet a black cat. Black Cats are featured on many good luck greeting cards and birthday cards in England.

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Lucky to touch wood. British people touch; knock on wood, to make something come true.

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Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves.

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A horseshoe over the door brings good luck. But the horseshoe needs to be the right way up. The luck runs out of the horseshoe if it is upside down.

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On the first day of the month it is lucky to say "white rabbits, white rabbits white rabbits," before uttering your first word of the day.

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Catch falling leaves in Autumn and you will have good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.

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Putting money in the pocket of new clothes brings good luck.

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Unlucky to walk underneath a ladder.

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Seven years bad luck if you break a mirror. The superstition is supposed to have originated in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods.

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Unlucky to see one magpie, lucky to see two and more.

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Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract the bad luck.

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Unlucky to open an umbrella indoors.

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The number thirteen is unlucky. Friday the thirteenth is a very unlucky day. Friday is considered to be an unlucky day because Jesus was crucified on Friday.

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Unlucky to put new shoes on the table.

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Crossed cutlery on your plate and expect a quarrel.

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It is said to be bad luck if you see bats flying and hear their cries. In the middle ages it was believed that witches were closely associated with bats.

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It is thought very unlucky to have the feathers of a Peacock at home or handle anything made with them.

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Wedding Superstitions

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Bride and groom must not meet on the day of the wedding except at the altar.
 

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The bride should never wear her complete wedding clothes before the day.

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For good luck the bride should wear “something borrowed, something blue, something old and something new”.

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It is unlucky to go shopping for wedding rings on Friday, due to the bad luck associated with that day (Friday the 13th).

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It’s good luck for the bride to cry on her wedding day

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Questions to think about:

1. Which British superstitions are similar to those in your country?
2. Which are different?
3. Do you know anything about the origins of some of the superstitions in your country?
4. Can you give the definition of "superstition"?
5. Do you believe that they can influence our lives and still live on in the age of science?