西方十大常見迷信(9)

Editor's note: You are mistaken if you think that Westerners do not believe in superstitions. The superstitions might be different, but pretty much every country around the world has them. Our bloggers have compiled a list of some of the common superstitions followed in the West to help you get a better insight into their cultures and customs. Feel free to leave your comments if you know of more superstitions, with their origins.

要是你認為西方人不迷信，那你就大錯特錯了。不同國家迷信內容或許不同，但幾乎所有國家都存在迷信。博主整理了一份西方共有迷信清單，以方便大家深入了解西方文化與風俗。如果你知道更多的迷信內容以及其起源，可在評論區(qū)暢所欲言!

9. Carrots help you see in the dark. 胡蘿卜有助于提高夜視能力

This was part of World War II propaganda. The British had invented radar and we began bombing the Germans at night. The Germans, confused as to how we bombed them at night, started researching how we were doing it. The British government began to spread the rumor that it was the carrots in our ration packs that helped us see in the dark (Note: "in order" is rarely needed) to put the Germans off our trail. They figured it out eventually, but by that time, the rumor had already stuck.

這是二戰(zhàn)期間的一個宣傳。英國人發(fā)明了雷達并開始在夜晚轟炸德國。德國人就對英國人是如何在夜晚進行轟炸作業(yè)感到很好奇，并開始研究英國人是如何做到夜間瞄準的。英國政府就散布謠言說他們食用一定數量的胡蘿卜來提高夜視能力來迷惑德國人。德國人最后發(fā)現了這只是個謠言，但到那時是這一說法已經被廣泛接受了。