Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible)

Match the following synonyms from the article.

Children can imagine pain away.

Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

LISTENING

Make up a mysterious story using these verbs.

Make up ten questions to the text. Ask your partner.

Translate the given words or phrases from the text.

Pilot dolphin, to work day and night, to be reported by, to last for (some days), to be out of danger, to follow one after another, sights, to gather on smth., to gather on, to pass a special order, to avoid smth., a mystery, whalers, a poor reward.

happen do last receive reincarnate die

feel remember dream get remind meet

Many people believe in unexplained phenomena such as fire walking and psychokinesis.They may have seen these events or done them themselves.

1. Look at each of these unexplained phenomena. Do you believe it works? Write yes or no and write a possible reason why it works. Then, in a small group discuss your answers.

Unexplained phenomena	Does it work?	Why?
Palm reading: Palm readers can predict your future by looking at your palm
Astrology: Astrologists can describe your perfect husband, wife or partner
Fire walking: people can walk on fire Psychokinesis: People can move objects with their minds
Some other unexplained phenomena (your example)

What could be some explanations for these phenomena?

a.	Scientists discovered kids can imagine a world without pain.	T / F
b.	Parents know that very few children complain about stomachaches.	T / F
c.	Around one in five kids get stomachaches for unknown reasons.	T / F
d.	More imaginative children are better at “imagining” pain away.	T / F
e.	Children in a test listened to a CD about stomach problems.	T / F
f.	Nearly three quarters of kids who listened to the CD felt less pain.	T / F
g.	The lead researcher is worried her treatment might be too expensive.	T / F
h.	The researcher said her treatment works better on kids than adults.	T / F

1.	use	a.	cure
	study	b.	conclusions
3.	tackle	c.	report
4.	remedy	d.	led
5.	active	e.	methods
6.	guided	f.	application
7.	techniques	g.	low-cost
8.	reduction	h.	stop
9.	findings	i.	lively
10.	cheap	j.	lessening

1.	Scientists have found a new use	a.	imagery” techniques
	tackle frequent bouts	b.	children complain about
3.	parents who need a quick	c.	floating on a cloud
4.	one of the most frequent things their	d.	of stomach pain
5.	especially good for kids	e.	different fantasy situations
6.	a voice that guided them through	f.	a reduction in pain
7.	pretending to be	g.	for children’s imaginations
8.	Half of them used the “guided	h.	well with adults
9.	73.3% of the CD users reported	i.	remedy for their sick children
10.	She said it would not work as	j.	with active imaginations

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