Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. "I don't understand, but I frightened(害怕) your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Zhengzhou, she looked in it and asked me to take it back.Do English people like spiders?"
"Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder(梯子).Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap(肥皂) for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. Your grandmother came in and screamed(尖叫) !"
"Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom.I felt very sorry. When I left I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn't like it."I explained to Lu, "My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse or they will have no money. You must not kill a money spider or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years' bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number.."
A. Your grandmother's face went white. B. I think she was happy about my leaving. C. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. D. Then I saw a red spider on the table So I killed it for her and she seemed very unhappy. E. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. |
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