為什么西方人覺(jué)得13這個(gè)數(shù)字不吉利？

　　
1. THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE AT THE LAST SUPPER.

　　“最后的晚餐”里有13個(gè)人。

　　And tradition has held that the 13th to take their seat was either Judas or Jesus himself.

　　傳統(tǒng)的說(shuō)法是：第13個(gè)落座的人不是猶大就是耶穌自己。
 

　　2. TRADITIONALLY, THERE WERE 13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS.

　　依傳統(tǒng)，上絞刑架要走13步。

　　According to popular lore, there are 13 steps leading up to the gallows. Gallows actually varied wildly, but even then, the number was often brought up to 13.

　　根據(jù)流行的傳說(shuō)，上絞刑架要走13步。實(shí)際上，絞刑架形式各異，但即便如此，也往往要湊出13這個(gè)數(shù)字。
 

　　3. WOMEN MENSTRUATE ROUGHLY 13 TIMES A YEAR.

　　女人一年大約來(lái)13次月經(jīng)。

　　Some suggest that the association with 13 being unlucky is due to women generally having around 13menstrual cycles a year (based on a cycle length of 28 days).

　　有人說(shuō)13會(huì)和“不吉利”相關(guān)，是因?yàn)榕艘荒甏笾聲?huì)經(jīng)歷13次月經(jīng)周期(以每個(gè)月經(jīng)周期為28天計(jì)算)。
 

　　4. A WITCHES' COVEN HAS 13 MEMBERS.

　　女巫集會(huì)有13位成員。

　　Although a coven is now considered to be any group of witches (or vampires, in some tellings), it was once believed that a coven was made up of exactly 13 members.

　　盡管現(xiàn)在人們認(rèn)為任何一群女巫(有的說(shuō)法是吸血鬼)都可以組成集會(huì)，但大家從前相信集會(huì)一定是13位成員構(gòu)成的。
 

　　5. 12 IS A PERFECT NUMBER, SO 13 MUST BE UNLUCKY.

　　12是個(gè)完美的數(shù)字，所以13一定是不吉利的。

　　In some schools of numerology, the number 12 is considered to be the representation of perfection and completion. It stands to reason, then, that trying to improve upon perfection by adding a digit is a very bad idea indeed—your greed will be rewarded with bad luck.

　　在一些數(shù)字命理學(xué)流派看來(lái)，數(shù)字12代表著完美和完整。然后，由此推理出，想通過(guò)增加一個(gè)數(shù)字來(lái)提高完美的程度其實(shí)是一個(gè)很糟的點(diǎn)子——你的貪婪最終帶來(lái)了壞運(yùn)氣。
 

　　
6. ZOROASTRIAN TRADITION PREDICTS CHAOS IN THE 13TH MILLENNIUM.

　　索羅亞斯德教預(yù)言在第13個(gè)千禧年會(huì)有大混亂。

　　The ancient Persians divided history into four chunks of 3000 years. And although the exact timeframes can vary, some scholars feel that at the beginning of the 13,000th year there will be chaos as evil mounts a great battle against good (although good will eventually triumph).

　　古波斯人將歷史分為4大段，每段為3000年。盡管準(zhǔn)確的時(shí)間點(diǎn)會(huì)有所出入，但一些學(xué)者感覺(jué)1萬(wàn)3000年初就會(huì)出現(xiàn)混亂，邪惡勢(shì)力崛起，與正義作對(duì)(盡管正義最終會(huì)取勝)。
 

　　7. 13 LETTERS IN A NAME MEANS THE PERSON IS CURSED.

　　名字由13個(gè)字母組成的人會(huì)受到詛咒。

　　There's an old superstition that says if you have 13 letters in your name, you're bound to be cursed. Silly, yes, but slightly more convincing when you consider that a number of notorious murderers' names (Charles Manson, Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Albert De Salvo) all contain 13 letters.

　　有一種古老的迷信說(shuō)法：如果你的名字里有13個(gè)字母，你就會(huì)受到詛咒。聽(tīng)起來(lái)很傻，但是想想那些臭名昭著的殺人犯的名字——Charles Manson、Jack the Ripper、Jeffrey Dahmer、Theodore Bundy和Albert De Salvo，這些名字里都有13個(gè)字母，這種說(shuō)法也就稍微有些可信了。
 

　　8. SUPERSTITION HAS MADE FRIDAY THE 13TH TOUGH FOR BUSINESSES.

　　迷信導(dǎo)致逢周五的13號(hào)生意難成。

　　Friday the 13th is an expensive day for businesses. One analyst claims that around a billion dollars a year are lost as people choose not to do business of any kind on Friday the 13th.

　　從商業(yè)角度來(lái)說(shuō)，逢周五的13號(hào)是很昂貴的一天。一位分析人士稱，因?yàn)槿藗冞x擇不在逢周五的13號(hào)做任何生意，每年大約損失10億美元。