280. The UK's Top 13 Superstitions

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Luke Thompson

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🗓️ 14 June 2015

⏱️ 77 minutes

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What are the most common superstitions in the UK? What are the origins of these superstitions? Why do we believe these things? Are there any particular phrases in our language that relate to these superstitions? Listen to the episode to find out more and click here for a transcript: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-28K

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0:00.0	Hello everyone just before we start this episode I'd like to tell you about the UK's
0:03.9	fifth most popular book and it is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
0:10.5	but guess what it's not available as an audio book yet. So we're just going to skip forward
0:16.0	to the sixth, the most popular book in the UK according to a BBC survey, and it is to kill a
0:21.9	mockingbird by Harper Lee.
0:24.0	Now this is a book that so many of us read as part of the national curriculum at school.
0:29.0	It's now considered a classic of modern American literature. Harper Lee's prize-winning
0:35.9	masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south and the heroism of one man in the
0:42.2	face of blind and violent hatred is now available as a digital
0:47.2	audio book and it is read out by Oscar winning actress Sissy Spacek. One of the best loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird, has been translated into more
0:58.1	than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular
1:05.7	motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians all
1:12.3	across the country. You can download it free as part of a 30-day
1:16.6	trial membership of Audible, the internet's largest collection of downloadable audio books.
1:22.2	To get it, just go to audibletrial.com
1:25.2	forward slash teacher Luke or click one of the audible buttons on my website. I'll tell
1:31.3	you more about the UK's favorite books in the future, but for now, let's
1:35.1	get started with this episode.
1:37.0	You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, visit Teacher Luke at
1:44.1	Luke.co. UK.
1:49.0	Hi listeners, welcome to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
1:54.3	This one is all about superstitions.
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