or often say, touch wood" for good luck Chris: Then, what about the unlucky people? Do you mean if they think they ate unlucky, they tend to believe in superstitions abut bad luck Susan: Yeah. They worry a lot about a broken mirror. a black cat running across their path, and so on Chris: So what is his point? Susan: His point is that people make their own luck by their attitude to life. So, 49 percent of lucky people regularly cross their fingers, compared to 30 percent of unlucky people. And only 18 percent of lucky people are anxious if they break a mirror Chris: So, our fate is linked to our attitude rather than to our superstition Susan: I think thats what he is suggesting Chris: This research seems too complicates. If I were a psychologist, I would conduct a survey to find whether 13 really is an unlucky number. I f there ere traffic accidents or murders on the 13 h than on other days, then we have to believe in Susan: What if there weren t? Chris: Then I wouldn't be superstitious. Susan: What a brilliant idea I never expected you to be as wise as Solomon Chris: Well as long as you dont think I'm a fool model3 i believe ets have visited the earth before Sc Nora: Hey, what's this picture of yours? It looks like a flying saucer Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this is a picture of their spacecraft Nora: When I look closer. it resembles a liver Frisbee Chris: But it could have been aliens I believe Ets have visited the earth before. What do you think? Nora: It would be hard to believe otherwise. Proiects like the pyramids are difficult to explain awav. given the level of technology that was available at the time Chris: That's for sure. They are mysterious Nora: When you consider all those"impossibil ities, it's tempting to infer that some highly ad vanced civilization assisted humans in their construction Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something.. well at do you mea Chris: I mean, who would believe you? You'd go nuts telling everyone:"It's true! I was abducted by aliens Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just mak ing up a story to get 66 or often say,” touch wood” for good luck. Chris: Then, what about the unlucky people? Do you mean if they think they ate unlucky, they tend to believe in superstitions abut bad luck. Susan: Yeah. They worry a lot about a broken mirror, a black cat running across their path, and so on. Chris: So what is his point? Susan: His point is that people make their own luck by their attitude to life. So, 49 percent of lucky people regularly cross their fingers, compared to 30 percent of unlucky people. And only 18 percent of lucky people are anxious if they break a mirror. Chris: So, our fate is linked to our attitude rather than to our superstitions. Susan: I think that’s what he is suggesting. Chris: This research seems too complicates. If I were a psychologist, I would conduct a survey to find whether 13 really is an unlucky number. I f there ere traffic accidents or murders on the 13th than on other days, then we have to believe in superstitions. Susan: What if there weren’t? Chris: Then I wouldn’t be superstitious. Susan: What a brilliant idea! I never expected you to be as wise as Solomon. Chris: Well as long as you don’t think I’m a fool. MODEL3 I believe ETs have visited the earth before. Script Nora: Hey, what’s this picture of yours? It looks like a flying saucer. Chris: It is. I was visited by aliens last week and this is a picture of their spacecraft. Nora: When I look closer, it resembles a liver Frisbee. Chris: But it could have been aliens. I believe ETs have visited the earth before. What do you think? Nora: It would be hard to believe otherwise. Projects like the pyramids are difficult to explain away, given the level of technology that was available at the time Chris: That’s for sure. They are mysterious. Nora: When you consider all those “impossibilities, it’s tempting to infer that some highly advanced civilization assisted humans in their construction. Chris: Think about this: if you were abducted by aliens and taken up to their spaceship or something …well… Nora: What do you mean? Chris: I mean, who would believe you? You’d go nuts telling everyone: “It’s true! I was abducted by aliens!” Nora: And everyone would think you were crazy, or just making up a story to get