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《中英對照讀新聞》Friday 13th not more unlucky, study shows 13號星期五並不會更不吉利，研究顯示

◎胡立宗

Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.

某些人特別倒楣？荷蘭統計專家發現，雖然許多國家將13號星期五當成不吉利的日子，但這天事實上比一般的星期五還來得安全。

A study published by the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics （CVS）showed that fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays.

荷蘭「保險統計中心」（CVS）發表的一項研究指出，在每個月13號落在週五時，會比其他的週五還發生更少意外、更少的火災及竊盜報案。

"I find it hard to believe that it is because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home, but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th," CVS statistician Alex Hoen told the Verzekerd insurance magazine.

「我發現很難相信，（這種現象）是因為人們會故意特別小心，或乾脆待在家裡，但就數據論數據，在13號星期五開車反而還安全一點」，CVS統計專家亞雷克斯．霍恩告訴保險雜誌「被保人」。

In the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday, the CVS study said. But the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500.

在過去2年，荷蘭保險公司每週五平均接到7,800件交通意外通報，CVS報告指出。但當週五碰到13號時，平均數字僅有7,500件。

There were also fewer incidents of fire and theft, although the average value of losses on Fridays 13th was slightly higher.

火災跟竊盜案也更少，雖然13號星期五的平均損失金額比一般要高一點。

新聞辭典

inauspicious：形容詞，不吉的、惡運的。inauspicious sign，惡兆。

preventatively：副詞，預防地、小心地。另外較常用的一種拼法為，preventively。形容詞為preventive，如preventive measure／strike，預防（性）手段／攻擊。

insurer：名詞，保險業者、保證人。動詞為insure，投保、確保。 insurance 為名詞，指保險。例句：The need to make health insurance more affordable has emerged as a top presidential campaign issue.（讓人人更負擔得起醫療保險已經成為總統選戰的一個首要議題）

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