十三号星期五

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　　One of the worst days of my life landed onFriday the 13th. My mother was a kind of superstitious and wanted me to be superstitious with her for once. I told her that this would only be the first. So she told me that if I broke a mirror I'd have bad luck for 3 days and the last day one of the closet persons to me would disappear. I thought it was the most stupid thing in the world ever said. Anyway that superstitious saying is that if you break a mirror you'll have 7 years bad luck. So I thought that my mom was joking. However, when I was getting ready to go to bed my mirror fell off the wall and broke. I thought of what my mom said and thought it was funny. But what happened in the next days frightened me very much.
　　十三号星期五是我一生中最糟糕的一天。我妈妈是个有点儿迷信的人，那次她叫我相信她也迷信一次。我告诉她说只能就这一次。然后她对我说如果我打碎了一面镜子，我接下来的3天就会倒霉，并且最后那天我身边最亲近的人也将离我而去。我认为这是我听说过的最愚蠢的一件事。然而迷信是这样说的：如果你打碎了一面镜子，你会有7年的霉运。所以我觉得妈妈肯定是在和我开玩笑。然而，就在我准备上床睡觉的时候，我的镜子竟然从墙上掉下来摔碎了。我想起了妈妈说的话觉得很有意思。但是，接下来几天发生的事情却让我吃惊不小。
　　On the next morning my friend and I went bike riding to go to school and my friend fell off her bike and broke her arm and two legs. I saw blood streaming out of her body, andI didn't know what to do. I was numb. I knew that she would be lame from her legs to her neck for the rest of her life. What could I do was to take care of her in my spare time.
　　第二天早上，我和我的朋友骑车上学，她从车上掉了下来，摔断了一只胳膊和两条腿。我看到鲜红的血从她的身体里流出，我不知道该怎么办。我已经麻木了。我知道从此以后她将过着从脖子到腿都不能动的残疾生活。我唯一能做的就是有时间去照顾她一下。
　　On the 3rd morning I got that in a car accidentmy uncle almost died because his neck was almost broken and my baby sister died because slit her neck while riding in the back seat. There was something horrible. Suddenly I recalled what happened on Friday the 13th. I thought it was the worst day of my life but it got worse.
　　第三天早上，我的叔叔又遇到了车祸，由于脖子几乎被折断而差点死去。坐在车后座上的我的小妹妹却因为扭断了脖子而不幸死去。这简直太恐怖了。突然我想到了十三号星期五那天发生了什么。这是我最糟糕的一天，可还有比这更糟糕的事。
　　The 4th day...my dad went fishing and said he'd be back late tonight. My mom and I waited for hoursfor my dad. Instead of my dad coming, 3 police officers came to the house and told us my dad's boat flipped over and he couldn't get out from under it and drowned. He was the closest person to me. From that time, I hated Friday the 13th every year and was careful of every superstitious saying.
　　第四天……我爸爸去钓鱼并说会晚点儿回来。我和妈妈等了他几个小时，没等到父亲回来，却等来了3个警察，他们告诉我们说爸爸的船翻了，他自己被压在了下面，淹死了。他是我最亲近的人。从那时起，我就非常讨厌每年的十三号星期五那天，并且对任何一种迷信说法都很小心。
　　Be careful about Friday the 13th.
　　当心十三号星期五。
　　
　　你相信这个故事吗？真是太离奇了！可这事确实发生了，想知道为什么吗？往下看……
　　
　　Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?
　　为什么十三号星期五是不吉利的？
　　
　　The modern basis for the aura that surrounds Friday the 13th stems from Friday October the 13th, 1307. On that date, the Pope of the church in Rome in conjunction with the King of France carried out a secret death warrant against "the Knights Templar". The Templars were terminated as heretics, never again to hold the power that they had held for so long. Their Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay, was arrested and before he was killed, was tortured and crucified. So, this date is considered the "suffering day".
　　
　　现代人围绕十三号星期五的说法起源于1307年10月13日星期五那天。这一天，罗马教堂的教皇与法国国王联合对“圣殿骑士团”采取了秘密谋杀行动。骑士们被当作异教徒而惨遭屠杀，剥夺他们以前所拥有的一切权利。他们的教主――Jacques DeMolay被捕，他在处死之前备受折磨并被钉在了十字架上。 因此这一天被看作是“受难日”。
　　
　　●x档案
　　1. aura n.气氛
　　2. Pope n. 罗马教皇
　　3. the Knights Templar圣殿骑士团
　　4. crucify v.钉死在十字架上

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