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•Itfigures.

•Iseesuperstitioninitsfourmanifestations,aliveandflourishingamongpeoplewhoareindisputablyrationalandlearned.

Iseefourwaysinwhichsuperstitionshowsitself,veryactively,amongthosepeoplewhoareundoubtedlyreasonableandwell-educated.

•Fouryearsago,thecountry'

stouristindustrywasflourishing.

•WatercolorpaintingbegantoflourishinBritainaround1750.

•Nothingseemstoflourishinmygarden---perhapsthesoil'

stoopoor.

Questionforparagraph1-2

•Whatisthecommonassumptionaboutpeoplewhobelieveinsuperstition?

Howdoestheauthordiscreditthisassumption?

•Itiscommonlyassumedthatpeoplewhobelieveinsuperstitionareusuallyignorantandnaï

ve.Buttheauthornoticestheflourishingsuperstitionamongmanylearnedpeopleinhisuniversity.

•...whenIaskedhimwhy,hereplied,withawink,thatitwas“tohittheDevilintheeye.”

...whenIaskedhimwhyhethrewsaltoverhisshoulder,heanswered,jokingly,thatitwas“tohittheDevilintheeye.”

•Hegavemeaconspiratorialwinkastheylefttheroom.

•Ididn'

tgetawinkofsleeplastnightwiththatpartygoingonnextdoor.

Questionforparagraph3

•Whatdoestheauthorimplywhenhesays“hedidnotsmileuntilIaskedhimwhathewasdoing”?

•Theimplicationisthatthelearnedprofessortrulybelievedinwhathewasdoingandperformedthewholethingseriously.

•“...ahumbleappealtoFatetodeclareitself”amodestrequestforFatetorevealitself.

“todeclareoneself”

torevealonesintentionsoridentity

e.g.Thecommitteedeclaresitselfinfavorofregularqualityinspection.

QuestionforParagraph4

•Howshouldtheexpression“Almost,butnotquite”beinterpretedinitscontext?

•Thisexpression,whichisanellipticalsentence,isaresponsetotheprecedingstatement“...theirgenerallevelofeducationseemstoabsolvethemofsuperstition.”Theauthorsuggeststhattheeducationtheyhavereceivedmaynotbeabletohelpthemtogetridofsuperstition.

•AnotherlearnedprofessorIknow,whowouldscorntosettleaproblembytossingacoin...

•AnotherknowledgeableprofessorIknow,whowouldsneeratsolvingaproblembytossingacoin...

•TherearethousandsofpeopleonthiscontinentwhoappealtotheIChing,andtheirgenerallevelofeducationseemstoabsolvethemofsuperstition....

•TherearethousandsofpeopleonthiscontinentwhoarefascinatedbytheIChing,andtheirlevelofeducationseemshighenoughtofreethemfromsuperstition.

I'

veneverbeenskiing---itdoesn’treallyappealtome.

Ithinkwhatappealstomeabouthispaintingisthecolorsheuses.

Thepriestabsolvedhimofallhissins.Thereportabsolvedherfrom/ofallblamefortheaccident.

QuestionforParagraph5

•Investigationrevealedthatanengineeringstudent,worriedaboutagirl,thoughtthatbriberyoftheDeitymighthelp.

•Investigationdisclosedthatastudentmajoringinengineering,worriedaboutagirl,thoughtGodmighthelphimifhecouldofferHimmoney.

•Theorganizationwasrifewithbriberyandcorruption.

•Hewasaccusedofaccepting/takingbribesfromwealthybusinessmen.

•Itriedtobribemybrotherintodisappearingfortheafternoonbyofferinghimtheuseofmycar.

•1）Whydidtheexaminationcandidateshavethethirdformofsuperstition?

•Becausetheybelievedthatsomeparticularobjectswouldbringthemgoodluckinexaminations.

•2）Whydidtheengineeringstudenttucka$2billunderacandlestickinthechapel?

•BecausehebelievedthatGodwasbribableandhopedthatthemoneywouldgainsomehelpfromHim.

•Afterhedescribesthefourformsofsuperstition,theauthorgoesontoexploreitshis-toryanditsrelevancetohumanpsychology.

•“asubmergedriverofcrudereligion”---Bythismetaphortheauthorsuggeststhatsuperstitionisaninvisibleforce（asubmergedriver）thatisinsomewaylikereligion.

•WhatdoestheauthorsayabouttheLatinwordsupersistoinrelationwithhumanpsychology?

•TheLatinwordsupersistomeansstandinginterroroftheDeity.Theauthorbelievesthatsuperstitionfindsitswaytothehumanheart,becausepeoplecannotrootoutterroralthoughtheycanmanagetokeepitwithinbounds.

•Mostpeoplekeeptheirterrorwithinbounds,buttheycannotrootitout,nordotheyseemtowanttodoso.

•Mostpeoplecancontroltheirterror,buttheycannotgetridofit,andtheydon'

tseemtowanttodoso.

•Thecommitteefeltthatnewspapercoverageofthemurderwentbeyondreasonablebounds.

•Whatyoudidwasoutsidetheboundsofacceptablebehavior.

•Hisdesireforpoliticalpowerapparentlyknowsnobounds.

•Hisfriendswentupstairstoroothimoutofhisbedroom.

•Mr.Smithhasbeenappointedtorootoutcheatingintheexaminations.

•Itmaypersistevenamongthegreatlylearnedanddevout...

Evenmanyofthegreatlylearnedanddevoutpeoplemayalsobesuperstitious.

Ifhepersistsinaskingawkwardquestions,thensendhimtotheboss.

Ifsherefusestoansweryourphonecalls,justpersistuntilshedoesanswer.

TheWeatherCenterpredictedthatthecoldweatherwouldpersistthroughouttheweek.

•....callingasuperstitionacompulsionneurosisdoesnotbanishit.

Psychoanalystsmaysaythatasuperstitionisacompulsionneurosis,butthisdoesnotsolvetheproblembecauseitcannotrootitout.

e.g.Theywerebanishedfromthelibraryformakingnoise.

Inanidealworld,preventivemedicinewouldbanishprematuredeath.

Question

•Whydoestheauthormentionthepsychoanalysts?

•Theauthorsuggeststhatscientistsmightbeabletoprovidereasonableexplanationsforsuperstition,buttheycannotrootitout.

•Manysuperstitionsaresowidespreadandsooldthattheymusthaverisenfromadepthofthehumanmindthatisindifferenttoraceorcreed.

•Manysuperstitionsaresocommonandsooldthattheymusthavebeendeeplyrootedinthehumanmind.Theyhavenothingtodowithraceorreligiousbelief.

•Hefounditveryhardteachingaclassfullofindifferentteenagers.

•Whydon'

tyouvote-howcanyoubesoindifferenttowhatisgoingon?

•....thefashionmagazinescountthemamongtheirmostpopularfeatures.

Astrologycolumnsareconsideredoneofthehighlightsofthefashionmagazines.

TheGrandCanyonisgenerallycountedasoneofthemostspectacularsightsintheUSA.

I'

vealwayscountedLucyamongmyclosestfriends.

"

GonewiththeWind"

hasalwaysbeencountedamongmyfavoritemovies.

Questions

•1）Howdoestheauthorprovethatpeopleofallracesarcsuperstitious?

（Paragraph9）

•BysupplyingexamplesoftheOrthodoxJews,theChinese,peopleinMiddleEuropeandtheMelanesians,theauthorprovesthatsuperstitions"

haverisenfromadepthofthehumanmind,andthereforehavethesameappealtoallhumanbeings.

•2）.Whatdoestheauthormentionastrology?

（Paragraph10）

Theauthorusesthisexampletoshowthatsuperstitionisindifferenttotimeandscience,becauseithasbeenpopularallthetime,whetherinancientRomeorincontemporarysociety,whetherinsobernewspapersorfashionmagazines.

•3）WhichofthefourformsofsuperstitiondoesthecaseofDr.SamuelJohnsonbelongto?

•ThecaseofDr.SamuelJohnsonfallsintothefirstcategory---VainObservances.

•Superstitioningeneralislinkedtoman'

syearningtoknowhisfate,andtohavesomehandindecidingit.

•Generallyspeaking,superstitionisconnectedtoman'

sdesiretoknowhisfate,andtofindsomewaytocontrolit.

•Despitehisgreatcommercialsuccesshestillyearnsforcriticalapproval.

•SometimesIjustyearntobealone.

•Isupposeit'

sbecauseIliveinacrowdedcitythatIhavethisyearningforopenspaces.

•Susanhasafirmhandoneverythingthatgoesonintheoffice.

•Thingsgotalittleoutofhandatthepartyandthreewindowswerebroken.

•Howcomethere'

saproblem?

Ithoughtyouhadeverythinginhand.

Why,inthefinalanalysis,arepeoplesofascinatedwithsuperstition?

Accordingtotheauthor,itisduetopeople'

syearningtoknowtheirfateandtohavesomepowertocontrolit.

•Iamnotonetostandalooffromtherestofhumanityinthismatter...

Asfarassuperstitionisconcerned,Iamnotmuchdifferentfromothers.

e.g.Sheseemedratheraloofwheninfactshewasjustshy.

Whateverishappeningintheoffice,shealwaysremainsaloof.

•NowIamhumbler.

NowIamnolongersoproud.NowIamnotsosurethatitwasajoke.

•Whatdoesthe