新标准大学英语综合教程3课文翻译和课后习题答案 unit 7.pptx

Text ;Can bad luck be explained? 1 Toast always lands butter side down. It always rains on bank holidays. You never win the lottery, but other people you know seem to ... Do you ever get the impression that you were born unlucky? Even the most rational person can be convinced at times that there is a force out there making mishaps occur at the worst possible time. We all like to believe that Murphys Law is true (“if it can go wrong, it will”).;2 Part of the explanation for bad luck is mathematical, but part is psychological. Indeed there is a very close connection between peo