和迷信对着干? 执着于打破迷信禁忌也算是迷信

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[00:00.00]48 Superstitions Nikos	和迷信对着干的人
[00:02.24](By Chris Rose)	（译 / 阿诺）
[00:03.75]Nikos was an ordinary man. 尼科斯是个普通人。
[00:06.49]He never looked for any explanation or reason about why things happened just the way they did.	他从不会去深究事情发生背后的原因。
[00:14.69]One thing, however, that Nikos absolutely did not believe in was superstition. 但是，尼科斯也绝不会买迷信的账。
[00:22.06]Nikos thought himself to be a very rational man, a man who did not believe that his good luck or bad luck was in any way changed by black cats, 尼科斯认为自己是一个非常理性的人，并不相信自己的运气好坏会和黑猫、
[00:33.45]walking under ladders, spilling salt or opening umbrellas inside the house.	从梯子下面走过、打翻盐罐或者在屋里撑伞这些事情扯上什么关系。
[00:40.47]Nikos spent much of his time in the small tavern near where he lived. 尼科斯大多数时间都待在自家附近的小咖啡馆里。
[00:46.78]In the taverna he sat drinking coffee and talking to his friends. 他坐在咖啡馆里，一边喝咖啡一边和朋友们聊天。
[00:51.89]Sometimes his friends played dice or cards. 他那些朋友有时会玩骰子或纸牌，
[00:56.00]Sometimes they played for money. 偶尔还会押上一些钱做赌注，
[00:58.79]Some of them made bets on horse races or football matches. 有的朋友还会赌马或者赌球，
[01:03.11]But Nikos never did. 但尼科斯从不参与其中。
[01:05.44]He didn't know much about sport, so he didn't think he could predict the winners. 他对体育运动知之有限，自知无法预测输赢，
[01:10.50]And he absolutely didn't believe in charms or luck or superstition, like a lot of his friends did.	而且跟他的许多朋友不同，他完全不相信所谓符咒、运气以及各种迷信的说法。
[01:18.33]One morning Nikos woke up and walked into the bathroom. 一天早上，尼科斯起床后走进浴室，
[01:24.37]He started to shave, as he did every morning, but as he was shaving he noticed that the mirror on the bathroom wall wasn't quite straight. 像往常一样开始刮胡子。但刮着刮着，他忽然发现浴室墙上的镜子有点歪了，
[01:34.53]He tried to move it to one side to make it straighter, but as soon as he touched it, the mirror fell off the wall and broke into a thousand pieces. 就想把它扶正一点，可他刚一碰到镜子，镜子就从墙上掉下来摔了个粉碎。
[01:45.55]Nikos knew that some people thought this was unlucky. 尼科斯知道有些人觉得这种事不吉利，
[01:50.01]"Seven years bad luck" they said, when a mirror broke. 要是镜子碎了，他们会说“得走七年霉运”。
[01:54.76]But he didn't care. 不过他可不在乎。
[01:56.40]He picked up the pieces of the mirror, put them in the bin, and finished shaving without a mirror.	他拾起镜子的碎片，把它们扔进垃圾桶，没照镜子继续把胡子刮完了。
[02:03.49]After that he went into the kitchen to make himself a sandwich to take to work for his lunch. 洗漱完毕，他进厨房去给自己做三明治，想带到上班的地方当午餐。
[02:10.48]He cut two pieces of bread and put some cheese on them. 他切了两片面包，在上面涂上了一些奶酪。
[02:15.42]Then he thought he needed some salt. 就在那时，他想起来还需要加点盐。
[02:17.83]When he picked up the salt jar, it fell from his hand and broke on the floor. 可他拿起盐罐时，盐罐却从他手中滑落，砸到地上碎了，
[02:23.65]Salt was everywhere. 撒了一地的盐。
[02:26.83]Some people, he knew, thought that this was also supposed to bring bad luck. 他知道有些人认为这种事也能带来厄运，
[02:31.32]But Nikos didn't care. 但尼科斯并未在意，
[02:33.22]He didn't believe in superstitions.	因为他不迷信。
[02:36.40]On his way to work he saw a black cat running away from him. 在上班的路上，他看见一只黑猫从他身边跑过，
[02:41.36]He didn't care. 他毫不介意，
[02:42.48]He wasn't superstitious. 他又不迷信。
[02:44.15]Some builders were working on a house on his street. 在他走的那条街上，有几个工人正在一所房子上施工，
[02:47.60]There was a ladder across the pavement. 他们把一架梯子架在了人行道上。
[02:50.00]Nikos thought about walking around the ladder, but he didn't care. 尼科斯想过是否要从梯子旁边绕着 走，但他觉得无所谓，
[02:54.52]So he walked right underneath the ladder.	于是就径直从梯子下边走了过去。
[02:57.59]Even though Nikos wasn't superstitious, he thought that something bad was certain to happen to him today. 尽管尼科斯并不迷信，他还是觉得今天肯定会有坏事发生在自己身上。
[03:05.99]He had broken a mirror, spilled some salt, walked under a ladder and seen a black cat running away from him. 他摔碎了一面镜子，打翻了盐罐，从梯子下边走过，还看见一只黑猫从他身边跑开。
[03:13.62]He told everybody at work what had happened. 他把这些遭遇告诉了所有的同事，
[03:17.44]"Something bad will happen to you today!" they all said. 他们都说：“你今天肯定会碰上什么倒霉事！”
[03:22.64]But nothing bad happened to him.	但尼克斯什么倒霉事也没碰上。
[03:25.37]That evening, as usual, he went to the taverna. 那天晚上，他像往常一样又去了咖啡馆。
[03:29.54]He told all his friends in the taverna that he had broken a mirror, spilled the salt, seen a black cat running away from him and then walked under a ladder. 他告诉那里所有的朋友，他摔碎了一面镜子，打翻了盐罐，看见身边窜过一只黑猫，还从梯子下边走过。
[03:41.15]All his friends in the taverna moved away from him. 咖啡馆里所有的朋友都躲着他坐，
[03:46.75]"Something bad will happen to him," they all said.	他们都说：“他要倒霉了。”
[03:51.18]But nothing bad happened to Nikos all evening. 不过，尼科斯整晚都安然无事。
[03:55.17]He sat there, as normal, waiting for something bad to happen to him.他像平常一样坐在那儿，等着看会有什么厄运临头， 
[04:00.48]But it didn't.	但什么都没发生。
[04:01.91]Nikos, come and play cards with us! joked one of his friends. “尼科斯，过来和我们打牌吧！”一位朋友打趣说，
[04:08.09]"I'm sure to win!" Nikos didn't usually play cards, but tonight he decided to. “我肯定能赢你！”尼科斯平时不怎么打牌，不过今晚他决定玩上一把。
[04:16.37]His friend put a large amount of money on the table. 他的朋友往桌上放了一大笔钱做赌注，
[04:20.64]His friend thought Nikos was going to lose. 	他觉得尼科斯肯定会输，
[04:24.49]Nikos thought he was going to lose.尼科斯也觉得自己会输。
[04:27.70]But it didn't happen like that.	但事情的发展出人意料。
[04:31.23]Nikos won. 尼科斯赢了。
[04:34.58]Then he played another game, and he won that one too. 他又玩了一局，又赢了。
[04:39.44]Then somebody asked him to play a game of dice, and Nikos won that as well.有人叫他玩一局骰子，结果还是他赢。 
[04:45.92]He won quite a lot of money. 他赢了一大笔钱。
[04:49.38]"Go on then Nikos," his friends shouted."Use all the money you have won to buy some lottery tickets!" “接着来呀，尼科斯，”他的朋友们大声撺掇，“把你赢的钱都拿去买彩票吧！”
[05:00.48]Nikos spent all the money he had won on lottery tickets. 尼科斯把赢来的所有钱都买了彩票。 
[05:07.25]The draw for the lottery was the next day.	彩票会在第二天开奖。
[05:10.31]The next day after work Nikos went to the taverna again. 第二天下班后，尼科斯又去了咖啡馆。
[05:17.30]Everybody was watching the draw for the lottery on TV. 所有人都在看电视里播放的彩票开奖。
[05:21.20]The first number came out, for the third prize. 第一个中奖号――三等奖――出来了，
[05:26.28]It was Nikos' number. 是尼科斯买的号码。
[05:28.25]Then the second number, for the second prize. 第二个中奖号――二等奖――出来了，
[05:32.44]It was another of Nikos' tickets. 还是尼科斯买的号码。
[05:36.36]Then the first prize. 最后是头等奖，
[05:38.39]It was Nikos' number as well. 又被尼科斯买中了。
[05:40.76]He won all three of the big lottery prizes!	彩票的头三笔大奖全被他收入囊 中！
[05:45.77]It was incredible . 这真是太不可思议了，
[05:47.93]It seemed that all the things that people thought caused bad luck actually brought him good luck.	似乎人们认为会带来霉运的所有事反而都给他带来了好运。
[05:58.63]The next day Nikos bought a book about superstitions from all over the world. 接下来的那天，尼科斯买了一本介绍世界各地各种迷信的书。
[06:05.56]When he had read the book he decided to do everything that would bring him bad luck. 读完这本书后，他决定把所有会给他带来厄运的事都照做一遍。
[06:12.40]He left empty bottles on the table. 他把空瓶子留在桌上；
[06:15.71]He asked his wife to cut his hair for him. 他让妻子给自己理发；
[06:19.45]He accepted a box of knives as a gift. 他收下别人作为礼物送的一盒刀子；
[06:23.16]He slept with his feet pointing towards the door. 他睡觉时脚冲着门；
[06:27.66]He put a candle in front of the mirror. 他在镜子前摆了一支蜡烛；
[06:30.56]He always left his hat on the bed. 他总是把帽子搁在床上；
[06:33.96]He bought things in numbers of thirteen ... 他买东西都买13个……
[06:37.52]And with everything he did, he got luckier and luckier.	可他越是做这样的事，他的运气就越好。
[06:43.81]The things got crazier and crazier. 情况变得越来越诡异。
[06:47.00]He bought a black cat as a pet. 他买了一只黑猫当宠物；
[06:51.00]He broke a few more mirrors, on purpose . 他又故意打碎了几面镜子；
[06:54.46]He didn't look people in the eye when they raised their glasses to him. 当别人向他举杯致意时，他不直视对方的眼睛；
[06:57.88]He put loaves of bread upside down on the table. 他把一条一条的面包倒放在桌上；
[07:01.80]He spilled salt. 他打翻盐罐；
[07:03.55]He spilled olive oil. 他打翻橄榄油油瓶；
[07:05.07]He spilled wine.	他打翻酒瓶。
[07:06.81]The more superstitious things he did, the luckier he became. 他越是做着这些按迷信说法会给他带来厄运的事，运气就越好。
[07:13.51]He went in to the taverna and started to tell all his friends what he thought. 他来到咖啡馆，把自己的想法告诉所有的朋友。
[07:19.57]"You see, I was right all along! Superstition is nonsense! The more things I do to break ridiculous superstitions, the more lucky I am!"	“你们看，我一直都说对了!迷信根本全是胡扯！我越是和这些荒谬的迷信对着干，就越是走运！”
[07:34.82]But Nikos, replied one of his friends, "don't you see that you are actually as superstitious as we are? “可是，尼科斯，”一个朋友答道，“你不觉得自己实际上和我们一样迷信吗？
[07:45.17]You are so careful to break superstitions, and this brings you luck. 你对打破迷信太上心了，而这么做又给你带来了好运。
[07:52.80]But you are only lucky when you do these things. 可是，只有当你做了这些事情之后，你才会有好运。
[07:57.31]Your disbelief is actually a kind of belief!"	你说的不信其实就是另一种相信！”
[08:03.00]Nikos thought hard about what his friend said. 尼科斯用心思考着朋友的话，
[08:07.75]He had to admit that it was true. 他不得不承认朋友说得对。
[08:10.65]He was so careful to break all the superstitions he could, that in some way he was actually observing those superstitions.	他尽自己所能严格地违反每一条迷信的禁忌，确实也等于从相反的方向恪守着这些迷信。
[08:20.52]The next day, he stopped spilling salt, chasing away black cats, walking under ladders, putting up umbrellas in the house and breaking mirrors. 从第二天开始，他不再打翻盐罐、赶跑黑猫、从梯子下面走过、在屋里撑伞或者打碎镜子。
[08:33.73]He also stopped winning money on the lottery. 他买彩票也不再中奖，
[08:37.80]He started to lose at games of cards or dice.	打牌或者掷骰子时也开始失利。
[08:42.17]He was a normal man again. 他又变回一个平常人，
[08:45.51]Sometimes he was lucky, sometimes he wasn't.	有时走运，有时不走运。
[08:49.50]Nikos, said his friend to him, "it was your belief in yourself that made you lucky. “尼科斯，”他的朋友对他说，“让你获得好运的是你对自己的信心。
[08:59.13]It was your self-confidence that helped you, not superstitions."	是你的自信，而不是迷信帮了你。”
[09:05.49]Nikos listened to his friend and thought that he was right. 尼科斯听到朋友的话，觉得他说得没错。
[09:11.14]But, however rational he still believed himself to be, he always wondered what would have happened if he hadn't broken that mirror....	不过，尽管他认为自己仍然很理性，但他总是忍不住想：要是当初他没有打破那面镜子，原本会发生什么呢？

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和迷信对着干? 执着于打破迷信禁忌 也算是迷信

和迷信对着干? 执着于打破迷信禁忌也算是迷信