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	（英会話リスニングスクリプト） In fact, numbers are so important that the job of some people is giving advice about numbers. We call these people "numerologists" When, in 1937, the Toyoda family wanted to start a car company, they asked a numerologist about their name. He said that "Toyoda" was unlucky, but that "Toyota" would be lucky. As a result, today, millions of people drive "Toyota" cars, not "Toyodas." Some popular English superstitions are as follows: It is bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house. It is bad luck to walk under a ladder. If there are thirteen people at a dinner party, the thirteenth will be the devil. Personally I'm not superstitious, but you will never find me living at number thirteen. Why take chances?
033	（英会話リスニングスクリプト） A few years ago Ed Jones was shopping at a thrift store in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was looking for valuable things; things that he could buy cheaply, then sell to an antique dealer for more money. He didn't see anything he wanted, so he was walking towards the door when he saw a large map leaning against the wall. It was covered with dust, so he wiped it with his handkerchief and saw it was an old map of Paris. The price was $3 so he bought it, thinking he would be able to sell it for as much as $40. The next day he took it to an expert on maps who became very excited. "I've read about this map!" He shouted, and told Mr. Jones the history of the map: "In 1671, the King of France told a mapmaker to make a map of Paris. He made several black and white copies, but carefully colored one of the maps; this is the color copy," he said.
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