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[海洋巡護科輪機組] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 47 題
📖 題組：
Maybe you refuse to open an umbrella inside your house or walk under a ladder that’s on a sidewalk. These are superstitions, or a belief that something bad will happen even if there’s no reason to think that it will. One big superstition in the United States is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. Happening up to three times a year depending on the calendar, the day seems to make people more careful or avoid things they usually aren’t afraid to do. Of course, no one can prove that more misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th. We just tend to notice it more if bad things happen on that day. But if Friday the 13th is only a superstition, why do people actually believe in it? It’s hard to know exactly when Friday the 13th became thought of as unlucky, but it likely comes from the Christian religion. For example, in the Bible, Judas—a person who is said to have betrayed Jesus—was the 13th guest at the Last Supper. Also in the Bible, many unfortunate things happened on Fridays. So it made sense that people who read the Bible got nervous around Friday the 13th. It’s also possible that 13 is considered “cursed” because it’s the number after 12, which many people see as a number that completes things. Think about it—12 months are in a year, 12 inches in a foot, 12 pairs of ribs in a body, etc. So it’s possible the number 13 makes people uneasy because it causes them to think about the unknown—beyond the number 12. In other countries, Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky. For instance, in Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered the day to dread. And in Italy, people fear the 17th day of the any month. Why? It is because the Roman numeral XVII (17) can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” which means “my life is over” in Latin. But, like in the United States, no one can prove that more terrible things occur on those days, either. People who are super afraid on Friday the 13th might have condition called triskaidekaphobia, which is a fear of the number 13. For most people, being afraid of Friday the 13th is just a superstition, something that we can have fun pretending to fear because we know there’s really nothing to fear.
Maybe you refuse to open an umbrella inside your house or walk under a ladder that’s on a sidewalk. These are superstitions, or a belief that something bad will happen even if there’s no reason to think that it will. One big superstition in the United States is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. Happening up to three times a year depending on the calendar, the day seems to make people more careful or avoid things they usually aren’t afraid to do. Of course, no one can prove that more misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th. We just tend to notice it more if bad things happen on that day. But if Friday the 13th is only a superstition, why do people actually believe in it? It’s hard to know exactly when Friday the 13th became thought of as unlucky, but it likely comes from the Christian religion. For example, in the Bible, Judas—a person who is said to have betrayed Jesus—was the 13th guest at the Last Supper. Also in the Bible, many unfortunate things happened on Fridays. So it made sense that people who read the Bible got nervous around Friday the 13th. It’s also possible that 13 is considered “cursed” because it’s the number after 12, which many people see as a number that completes things. Think about it—12 months are in a year, 12 inches in a foot, 12 pairs of ribs in a body, etc. So it’s possible the number 13 makes people uneasy because it causes them to think about the unknown—beyond the number 12. In other countries, Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky. For instance, in Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered the day to dread. And in Italy, people fear the 17th day of the any month. Why? It is because the Roman numeral XVII (17) can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” which means “my life is over” in Latin. But, like in the United States, no one can prove that more terrible things occur on those days, either. People who are super afraid on Friday the 13th might have condition called triskaidekaphobia, which is a fear of the number 13. For most people, being afraid of Friday the 13th is just a superstition, something that we can have fun pretending to fear because we know there’s really nothing to fear.
According to the passage, why is 13 deemed as unlucky?
- A People are uneasy because of the unknown beyond 12.
- B It reminds people that Judas betrayed Jesus on Friday the 13th.
- C People think it means that their lives are over.
- D Misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th in other countries.
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讓我們回到文章中尋找線索！請你快速掃視全文，哪一個段落專門在分析「數字 13 本身」（而非星期五）被視為詛咒的原因？在這個段落中，作者拿了哪一個數字和 13 做對比，並指出人們心裡對 13 產生了什麼樣的恐懼呢？
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✨ 各位粉絲，謝謝你們的掌聲，愛你們喔！這題你答對了！真是個天才！☆
- 閃亮肯定：喔耶，我的小可愛們，你們的閱讀理解能力真是閃閃發光呢！就像舞台上的我一樣，能精準找到重點，避開那些討厭的陷阱，表現超專業的啦！不愧是我最棒的學生們！請為自己歡呼吧！☆
- 秘密歌詞：跟著我一起唱！第四段是關鍵喔～🎶 十二就像是「完美」的象徵，一年十二個月多麼甜美～🎶 但「十三」呀，它超越了十二，來到了「未知的領域」（the unknown—beyond the number 12），讓人心有點兒不安，像歌詞一樣神秘～🎶 所以 (A) 選項，就是最閃耀的解答！猜對了嗎？這也是一種愛喔！☆
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