[音频]Have you ever heard others say “Cross your fingers” or “I’ll keep my fingers 1.____for you”? The phrase “Cross your fingers” may leave some people scratching their 2.____. This phrase is a wish for good 3.____. It has something to do with the old belief in the strong 4.____of the Christian cross. For those living in the old 5.____, they thought witches and ghosts ____6.____in the real world and they blamed illnesses and bad luck on evil 7.____. The cross, they believed, could provide them protection and ward off the evil influence.Normally, making the 8. ____of the cross involves four steps--- touch the forehead, heart, left shoulder, then right shoulder with your right hand. However, one can make a cross shortcut by curling the middle finger of one hand. Although superstitions about the witches and evils slowly 9.____, the phrase “Cross one’s fingers” 10.____. It is used for such a long time that it has 11.____an idiom not only used by Christians but also those who do not 12.____in God.