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If you have paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is not your day. That’s right, paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th and the accidents, mishaps and misfortunes thought by some to occur on that day. But is there anything really to fear?
如果你相信每月13號(hào)星期五（paraskevidekatriaphobia）是個(gè)厄運(yùn)號(hào)的話，那今天（4月13號(hào)星期五）可不是個(gè)好日子。的確，對(duì)paraskevidekatriaphobia持相信態(tài)度的人對(duì)每月13號(hào)星期五很害怕，他們覺(jué)得交通事故、不幸和災(zāi)難往往會(huì)發(fā)生在那一天。這是真的嗎？
In fact, a study was conducted and published back in 1993 in the British Medical Journal that looked at hospital admissions due to accidents on one Friday the 13th compared with the previous Friday the 6th. Theresearchers tracked traffic on a highway in one area and found that many fewer cars were on the road on the 13th. Perhaps due to people being leery of driving on that day.
事實(shí)上，1993年的《英國(guó)醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》發(fā)表了一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果。這項(xiàng)研究對(duì)13號(hào)星期五的交通事故入院率同6號(hào)星期五的交通事故入院率做了比較。研究人員對(duì)某一地區(qū)的高速公路進(jìn)行了跟蹤，發(fā)現(xiàn)很少有私家車在13號(hào)上路。或許是由于人們對(duì)那天抱有戒心。
But hospital admissions in that area due to traffic accidents was actually higher. Forty-five people were admitted on the 6th but 65 people were admitted on the 13th.
但該地區(qū)因交通意外而住院的人確實(shí)較往常更多。6號(hào)入院45人，而13號(hào)則有65人。
The researchers concluded that a few people were indeed unlucky. On that Friday the 13th. In that part of England. Then again, what you really needed for this study was a control group that stays home, only to slip in the bathtub.
研究人員得出結(jié)論：有些人確實(shí)不走運(yùn)——就是13號(hào)星期五英格蘭地區(qū)的那幾個(gè)人。話又說(shuō)回來(lái)，要真正完成這一研究你還真需要一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)參照組，實(shí)驗(yàn)人員都呆在家，但不料竟在浴缸里滑倒。
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