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    Unit Four Friday The 13: Before You Listen

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    Friday the 13th has long been considered an unlucky day. The origins of this superstition can be traced back to ancient times, with references to the number 13 being omitted from ancient codes of law. In the early 20th century, an eccentric stockbroker published a novel called Friday the 13th, which portrayed the unluckiness of the day and helped popularize the superstition. Since then, Friday the 13th has inspired horror films and become widely recognized as a day of bad luck.

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    Friday the 13th has long been considered an unlucky day. The origins of this superstition can be traced back to ancient times, with references to the number 13 being omitted from ancient codes of law. In the early 20th century, an eccentric stockbroker published a novel called Friday the 13th, which portrayed the unluckiness of the day and helped popularize the superstition. Since then, Friday the 13th has inspired horror films and become widely recognized as a day of bad luck.

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    Unit Four: Friday the 13th

    UNIT FOUR
    FRIDAY THE 13th

    BEFORE YOU LISTEN

    Long considered a harbinger of bad luck, Friday the 13th has


    inspired a late 19th-century secret society, an early 20th -century
    novel, a horror film franchise and not one but two unwieldy terms —
    paraskavedekatriaphobia and friggatriskaidekaphobia —that
    describe fear of this supposedly unlucky day.

    The Fear of 13
    Just like walking under a ladder, cr ossing paths with a black cat or
    breaking a mirror, many people hold fast to the belief that Friday
    the 13th brings bad luck. Though it’s uncertain exactly when this
    particular tradition began, negative superstitions have swirled
    around the number 13 for c enturies.

    (Source: https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th)

    NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY!

    Click the following link > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWDMKOH3l4


    < Then listen to it carefully. You may repeat it several times.

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    Unit Four: Friday the 13th

    AFTER YOU LISTEN

     Do You Know?

    A Brief History of Friday the 13th


    The number 13 has been unlucky for centuries. Some historians peg the superstition
    to the 13 people who attended the Last Supper (neither Jesus nor Judas came out of
    that one O.K.), but ancient Babylon's Code of Hammurabi omits the number 13 in
    its list of laws, so the superstition dates back to at least 1700 BC.

    The number's association with Friday, however, didn't take hold until the 20th
    century. In 1907, eccentric Boston stockbroker Thomas Lawson published a book
    called Friday the Thirteenth, which told of an evil businessman's attempt to crash
    the stock market on the unluckiest day of the month. Thanks to an extensive ad
    campaign, the book sold well: nearly 28,000 copies within the first week. In 1916 the
    book was turned into a feature-length silent film.

    For further reading, go to:


    http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1879288,00.html or

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th

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    Unit Four: Friday the 13th

    T.G.I.F
    Going out for a drink (- usually means an alcoholic beverage) after work is usually
    reserved for Fridays or special occasions. On Fridays in the U.S., you may hear the
    expression “T.G.I.F.” This means “Thank Goodness/God It’s Friday! (the end of the
    work week for most people). Because most people have to drive home, they usually
    have only one or two drinks. Many people prefer to have coffee or a soft drink (- is a
    non-alcoholic beverage, of carbonated) instead of an alcoholic drink.

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