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Unit 7 omen [‘?umen] n. a sign of something about to happen 前兆, 预兆 Eg: The omen of bankruptcy hung over the company. 那家公司出现了破产的预兆。 Numbers and Omens Do you think there is a connection between numbers and fortunes/ luck? Which is your favorite number? Why? Numbers and Omens Numbers play an important role in Chinese culture and the use of numbers can be found in almost every aspect of people’s lives. Auspicious numbers VS. ominous numbers auspicious [?:’spi??s] adj. favourable or propitious 吉祥的, 吉兆的 Eg: The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of m