作者：大妮子

　　星期五加13历来被认为是非常不吉利的日子，这是怎么回事呢？今天我们就来聊聊这个话题。

　　本课您将学到：make up的多种含义，It is/was said句型

　　According to the Bible(圣经), the Lord God created the first man, Adam. Then he took a rib(肋骨) from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman, Eve. It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit(禁果), and on a Friday they died. Friday was also the common(通常的) day in England for executing(处死) criminals(罪犯), for which it was sometimes known as Hanging(绞刑) Day.

　　From the Old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky. And this superstition(迷信) was confirmed(被证实) by the last supper of Christ and his disciples(门徒). Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples, which made up the number 13, at the last supper when Judas(犹大), one of the 12 disciples, sold his master(师傅) for thirty pieces of silver(银币). Christ was killed by nailing(钉) on the cross the following day on a Friday.

　　【世博读书笔记】

　　据圣经上讲，上帝创造了第一个男人--亚当。然后，上帝从亚当身上取下一根肋骨又造了一个女人-夏娃。据说，亚当是在星期五被造出来的，他和夏娃吃禁果也在星期五，他俩死的日子也是星期五。英国从前常常在星期五处死罪犯、因此星期五有时也叫“绞刑日”。

　　从挪威神话中，人们产生一种想法：13个人坐在一起聚餐是不吉利的。这种迷信被耶稣和其12个门徒的最后的晚餐加以证实。圣经上说，在最后的晚餐上，耶稣和他的12个门徒坐在一起，正好是13人。他的门徒之——犹大，为了三十个银币而出卖了自己的老师。第二天，耶稣便被钉死在十字架上，这天碰巧是星期五。

　　短语make up有以下三个用法。

　　(1)表示“补足”，如：

　　We need to make up the sum required.

　　我们需要五十美元以补足所需要的数目。

　　(2)表示“编造”，如：

　　The whole story is made up.

　　整个故事完全是虚构出来的。

　　(3)表示“组成”，如：

　　The medical team was made up of twelve doctors.

　　医疗队由十二名医生组成。

　　请大家注意，当我们把make和up放在一起使用，写成makeup，指的就是“化妆品”。比如：

　　I put on a bit of makeup.

　　我化一点妆。

　　I don't wear makeup.

　　我不化妆。

　　【世博句型留言板】

　　It is/was said

　　据说……

　　It was said that there has been a serious earthquake there.

　　据说那里发生了一次大地震。.

　　It is said that money is the root of all evil.

　　据说金钱是万恶之源。

　　练习：

　　1.据说你很会操作电脑。

　　2.据说Christopher Columbus(哥伦布)发现了美洲。

　　这次的节目就到这里，我们讲了短语make up的用法，还介绍了It is/was said

　　句型，希望大家有所收获。我们下次再见！

　　练习答案：

　　1.It is said that you are good at operating computers.

　　2.It is said that Christopher Columbus discovered America.

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