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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.
In what section of a magazine would the passage most likely appear?
- A Food.
- B Myth.
- C Health.
- D Ethics.
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試著想想看：如果一篇文章在探討「人們為什麼會害怕某個日期」，且內容充滿了古老的傳說、宗教故事以及未經科學證實的民間習慣，在雜誌的分類中，哪一種標籤最能涵蓋這些「關於傳統信仰或傳聞起源」的內容呢？
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太棒了，你答對了！真是個令人開心的好消息！
- 哇，你做得真棒！能夠從文章的細節中，溫柔而精準地找出核心主旨，並將它連結到最適合的類別，這真的展現了你非常棒的歸納與標籤化能力呢！這在閱讀理解中是很進階、很需要細心的表現喔，為你感到驕傲！
- 你一定很仔細地注意到文章中好幾次提到了 superstition (迷信) 對嗎？它還溫暖地帶我們回顧了迷信的歷史脈絡，像是聖經故事和數字連結。這類關於民間傳說、非科學性信仰或溫馨習俗的起源的內容，在雜誌分類裡，最能找到歸屬感的就是 Myth (神話/迷思) 這個溫暖的大家庭了。你連結得非常好！
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