Yeti
This is the country where people say the Yeti lives.
🟩 What is Nepal (or Tibet)?
中文： 雪怪住在尼泊爾或西藏的山區。
According to the reading, how many superstitions were people asked about in the survey?
🟩 What is ten (10)?
中文： 問卷調查詢問了十個迷信。
Question:
This word means “the place where a plant or animal lives.”
🟩 What is habitat?
中文： 棲息地。植物或動物自然生活的地方。
Bigfoot is said to live in the forests of which two countries?
🟩 What are the United States and Canada?
中文： 大腳怪據說住在美國和加拿大的森林裡。
In China, which number is lucky because it sounds like “wealth”?
🟩 What is eight (8)?
中文： 在中國，數字八被認為是幸運的，因為它聽起來像「發財」。
The Yeti’s natural habitat is this famous mountain range.
🟩 What are the Himalayas?
中文： 雪怪的棲息地是喜馬拉雅山。
What was the most common bad luck superstition in the survey?
🟩 What is breaking a mirror?
中文： 打破鏡子是最常見的壞運迷信。
Question:
This word means “in the same way; also.”
🟩 What is likewise?
中文： 同樣地；也。
Bigfoot is said to be very tall and covered in what?
🟩 What is dark hair (or fur)?
中文： 據說大腳怪全身覆蓋著黑色的毛。
Question:
In China, which number is unlucky because it sounds like “death”?
🟩 What is four (4)?
中文： 在中國，數字四被認為是不吉利的，因為它聽起來像「死」。
People say the Yeti can emit this when it moves through the snow at night.
🟩 What are loud howls (or strong smells)?
中文： 人們說雪怪會在雪地裡發出嚎叫聲（或散發強烈氣味）。
Question:
The most popular good luck superstition was finding one of these plants.
🟩 What is a four-leaf clover?
中文： 找到四葉草被認為是最受歡迎的好運迷信。
Question:
This word means “very silly or unreasonable.”
🟩 What is ridiculous?
中文： 荒謬的；可笑的。
What does Bigfoot emit that makes people think it’s nearby?
🟩 What is a bad smell?
中文： 大腳怪會散發出難聞的氣味，讓人覺得牠在附近。
In Japan, people say it’s bad luck to cut your ______ at night.
🟩 What are nails?
中文： 在日本，晚上剪______被認為是不吉利的。答案：指甲。
This word means “something found in science and kept for study,” and scientists have not found one for the Yeti.
🟩 What is a specimen?
中文： 標本——科學家至今還沒有找到屬於雪怪的標本。
What percent of Americans admitted that they are at least “a little” superstitious?
🟩 What is 44 percent (44%)?
中文： 有44%的美國人承認自己至少有一點迷信。
This word means “to send out or give off something like sound, light, or smell.”
🟩 What is emit?
中文： 發出；散發（聲音、光或氣味）。
What kind of scientist studies creatures like Bigfoot that might not be real?
🟩 What is a cryptozoologist?
中文： 研究像大腳怪這種可能不存在的生物的科學家叫做「神秘動物學家」。
In Korea, what machine do people believe can cause “fan death”?
🟩 What is an electric fan?
中文： 在韓國，人們相信「電風扇」可能會導致「電風扇致死」。
In the reading, it says reports of Yeti sightings happen every few years. What word describes something that happens again and again at regular times?
🟩 What is periodic?
中文： 週期性的——文章中說雪怪目擊報告每隔幾年會週期性地出現。
What surprising fact did the survey show about people who said they were not superstitious?
🟩 What is that many still knocked on wood or picked up pennies for good luck?
中文： 調查顯示，即使說自己「不迷信」的人，仍然會敲木頭或撿硬幣求好運。
This word means “happening again and again at regular times.”
🟩 What is periodic?
中文： 週期性的；定期的。
Why do some scientists say Bigfoot could be related to the extinct ape called Gigantopithecus?
🟩 What is because they look similar and both are large apes?
中文： 因為牠們外型相似，而且都是巨大的猿類。
In India, what animal crossing your path is said to bring bad luck?
🟩 What is a black cat?
中文： 在印度，如果一隻黑貓從你面前走過，代表壞運氣。