2015年ESL之日常生活 06 Having Good and Bad Luck

Having Good and Bad Luck 

Cesar: I can’t catch a break. Everything seems to be going wrong these days. 

Olga: Maybe your streak¹ of bad luck is because you did something unlucky. 

Cesar: What do you mean? 

Olga: Have you walked under a ladder or crossed paths with a black cat lately? 

Cesar: I don’t think so, but I’m not superstitious². I don’t believe breaking a mirror will bring me seven years of bad luck. 

Olga: Say what you will, but it doesn’t hurt to take some precautions, especially the way things have been going for you. 

Cesar: I don’t know... 

Olga: Here, you can borrow my rabbit’s foot and my four-leaf clover. I’ll go home to get you a horseshoe so you can hang it upside down over your front door. 

Cesar: I really doubt any of that is going to do me any good. 

Olga: You know what tomorrow is, don’t you? 

Cesar: The thirteenth? 

Olga: Friday the thirteenth. Do you really want to take your chances? 

Cesar: I guess not. Do you really think these good luck charms will help? 

Olga: We’ll know on the fourteenth, won’t we? 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

2 superstitious   

adj.迷信的

参考例句：

• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。
• These superstitious practices should be abolished as soon as possible.这些迷信做法应尽早取消。