前几篇才有人谈到美国的迷信或禁忌，各位有没有发现今天是十三号星 期五呢？ 有关於十三号星期五的由来，大家可以上网去查一查。 以下摘录自 wikipedia 的定义： ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th ) The origins of the Friday the 13th superstition has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times. It has also been linked to the fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year. Another suggestion is that the belief originated in a Norse myth about twelve gods having a feast in Valhalla. The mischievous Loki gatecrashed the party as an uninvited 13th guest and arranged for Hod, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Baldur, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Baldur was killed and the Earth was plunged into darkness and mourning as a result. Some also say that the arrest of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights on Friday, October 13, 1307 by King Philip IV of France is the origin of this superstition. That day thousands of Templars were arrested and subsequently tortured. They then 'confessed' and were executed. From that day on, Friday the 13th was considered by followers of the Templars as an evil and unlucky day. 很好玩地，我想带大家认识一个字。叫作 paraskevidekatriaphobia 或是 paraskavedekatriaphobia。(注意 skevi 和 skave 的差异) 你讲啥？呵呵，别被它的外表吓倒了。让我们来猜字拆字一番吧。 首先，我看到了 para 知道它是一个字根，然後我又看到了 deka，我的化 学知识告诉我它代表十^^，然後是 tri，应该是三，最後 phobia 我知道 是害怕的意思。 没错，正确答案几乎要出来了。这个字来自於希腊文，希腊文中的 paraskave 或 paraskevi 就是星期五的意思，然後 dekatria 就是十三， 加上字尾的 phobia 恐惧，合起来 paraskavedekatriaphobia 就是「十三 号星期五恐惧症」，如果你要表达有这种毛病的人，只要把字尾的 phobia 改成 phobic 即可 (形容词/名词)。就像糖尿病是 diabetes，而糖尿病患 者是 diabetic 一样。 你害怕今天的到来吗？如果没有，恭喜你。 You are not a victim of paraskevidekatriaphobia. 祝各位有个愉快的小周末^^ --

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