新标准大学英语unit7.pptVIP

Toast always lands butter side down. When a piece of toast falls, it is always the side with butter on it that touches the ground. Language Points 翻译： 每次吐司掉到地上总是抹了黄油的那一面贴地。 Part of the explanation for bad luck is mathematical, but part is psychological. The sentence means bad luck is not only a matter of the odds for or against something happening, but of our memories and attitudes. Language Points 翻译： 人之所以走背运，部分是概率的问题，部分是心理上的问题。 For example, take the belief that “bad things always happen in threes” (just like buses ...!) Bad things always happen in threes means misfor