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Taiwan If you see a crow in the morning, youwill have a bad day.Japan It's lucky to find a tea leaf floating uprightin a cup of green tea.Thailand Dream of a snake holding you tightly,and you will soon nieet your soul mate.Brazil If you leave your purse on the floor,your money will disappear.Venezuela If someone sweeps over an unmarriedwoman's feet with a broom, she'll never get married.

B u i l d i a g v o c a b u l a r y _1A Read the superstitions above. How many have you heard of? Do you have anysimilar superstitions in your country?

SouthKorea If you give a boyfriend or girlfrienda pair of shoes, he or she will leave you.Argentina Pick up any coins you find, andyou'll soon come into money.Per If you put clothes on inside out, you will geta nice surprise.Mxico If a bride w ears pearls, she will cry allher married life.Turkey Your wish will come tru e if you standbetween two people with the same ame.

B Com plete the ch art with the supe rstitions above. Add ideas. Then co mp are with a partner.It's bad luck to...

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Spea^A Do you know any superstitions abou t the things below? Tell the class.

B m & t m S Listen to four people talk about superstitions. Do they think the things aboveare lucky (L) or unlucky (U)? Write L or /in the boxes.c > Listen again. Can you write dow n each sup erstition? Com pare with a partner.

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l a n g u a g e U n i t 6 S t r a n g e e v e n t sListen. Is Angie superstitious? How about Terry? Practice th e conversation.

Angie Gosh, this looks good. I'm so hungry.Terry So am I. Could you pass the salt?Angie Sure.... Whoops!You know, it's supposed to be

unlucky to spill salt.Terry It is? I didn't know that.Angie No, neither did I, until I read it on the Internet.Terry Actually, I don't believe in all that superstitious stuff.Angie Oh, I do. Now I always throw a pinch of salt over my

shoulder if I spill it. And I never put shoes on the tableTerry Well, neither do I. But that's because they're dirty.Angie And I always walk around a ladder - never under it.Terry Oh, so do I. But that's so nothing falls on my head!B Underline two expressions above that mean Me neither,and two that mean Me too.

R e s p o n s o s . w i t h S o a n d N e i t h e r #I'm hungry.

So am I. (I am too.)I always walk around ladders.

So do I. (I do too.)

A Respond to each of these statements with So orNeither . Then practice with a partner.1. I think it's silly to be superstitious. ^o Ao I .2. I don't know anyone who is superstitious.3. I didn't know the superstition about spilling salt.4. I walk under ladders all the time.5. I'm usually a very lucky person.6. I've never found a four-leaf clover.

I'm not very superstitious.Neither am I. (I'm not either.)

I didn't know it was unlucky to spill salt.Neither did I. (I didn't either.)

In conversa t ion .R e s p o n s e s i n t h e p r e s e n t t e n s e a r e t h e m o s t c o m m o n .

So / Neither do I.So I Neither am I.

So I Neither did I.|SoINeither have I.\ So Neither was I.

B Pai f WOr k Take turns making the sentences true for you and giving true responses."/ d o n ' t t h i n k i t ' s s i l l y to be s u p e r s t i t i o u s . " " N e i t h e r do I. " (& " A c t u a l l y , I t h i n k i t is a b i t s i l l y . "C G f O U p W O f k Do you believe in any superstitions? Tell the group.Are there any thatyou al l have in common?"/ a l w a y s m a k e a w i s h w h e n t h e r e 's a M I m o o n . " "So do I , i f I r e m e m b e r . "

n o t e b o o k K e e p y o u r f i n g e r s c r o s s e d .See page 62 for a useful way to log and learn vocabulary.

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