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(rèn)為西方人不迷信，那你就大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了。不同國(guó)家迷信內(nèi)容或許不同，但幾乎所有國(guó)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(fēng)俗。如果你知道更多的迷信內(nèi)容以及其起源，可在評(píng)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(gè)宣傳。英國(guó)人發(fā)明了雷達(dá)并開始在夜晚轟炸德國(guó)。德國(guó)人就對(duì)英國(guó)人是如何在夜晚進(jìn)行轟炸作業(yè)感到很好奇，并開始研究英國(guó)人是如何做到夜間瞄準(zhǔn)的。英國(guó)政府就散布謠言說他們食用一定數(shù)量的胡蘿卜來提高夜視能力來迷惑德國(guó)人。德國(guó)人最后發(fā)現(xiàn)了這只是個(gè)謠言，但到那時(shí)是這一說法已經(jīng)被廣泛接受了。