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IV Debating and Discussing IV 2 Believing Luck or Not Everyday English Topic sentence for today: Anyway, thank you very much. Dario: Don’t open that umbrella inside, Brian! 别在屋里打开伞布莱恩！Brian: Why not? It’s wet and needs to dry out. 为什么不行？伞是湿的，需要晾干。Dario: You will have seven years’ bad luck if you open an umbrella inside. 在屋里打伞会给你带来七年的背运。Brian: No way - you get seven years’ bad luck if you break a mirror. 不可能，打破镜子才会带来七年背运。Dario: Trust me friend. I opened an umbrella inside once and I have been single ever since. 相信我，朋友。我在屋里打开过一次伞，从那以后一直打光棍儿。Brian: But that’s because you treated your girlfriends poorly - it has nothing to do with the umbrella. 那是因为你对你的女朋友不好，跟伞一点儿关系都没有。Dario: I am just very superstitious, that’s all. 我就是很迷信。Brian: You are a modern guy, not some old fashioned fossil! 布莱恩：你生活在现代，不是一个守旧的老古板。Dario: I just don’t want any more bad luck in my life. 我只是不想再碰上坏运气了。Brian: OK, I won’t open the umbrella if you promise to stop believing in all this superstition stuff. 好吧，如果你不再相信这些迷信的玩意儿我就不打开伞。Dario: I will when my luck changes and I win the lottery! 除非我的运气转变，中上彩票。Brian: I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you. 如果我是你，就不白费工夫。 In-put text for speaking Read the following passage Underline the key words while reading Luck There is also a series of spiritual or supernatural beliefs regarding fortune. These beliefs vary widely from one to another, but most agree that luck can be influenced through spiritual means by performing certain rituals or by avoiding certain circumstances. One such activity is prayer, a religious practice in which this belief is particularly strong. Many cultures and religions worldwide place a strong emphasis on a person’s ability to influence their fortune by ritualistic means, sometimes involving sacrifice, omens or spells. Others associate luck with a strong sense of superstition, that is, a belief that certain taboo or blessed actio