1) What different uses are there for hypnotism? How would you feel being hypnotised?
2) Read the text below to see if the writer seems positive or negative about 'self-hypnosis'.
| 'You are what you think you are, ' says self-hypnotist Jonathan Atkinson. So there are 20 of us lying on our backs trying to communicate with our (1) _____minds. We start by describing our problems. I've got the usual (2) _____tiredness, insomnia, (3) _____ Six years ago, Jonathan was a typical 40 cigarettes-a-day executive under too much (4) _____. Then he learnt self- hypnosis. What is particularly (5) ____ is that he can stop the bleeding when he cuts himself shaving, and have his teeth filled without needing an (6)______. Gradually what started off as weird becomes (7) _____. While in hypnosis, Jonathan tells us that whenever we count to ten, with the (8) _____ of going into self-hypnosis, we'll be able to do it. Amazingly, it seems to work. |
1 CONSCIOUS 2 COMPLAIN 3 ANXIOUS 4 STRESSFUL 5 IMPRESS 6 INJECT 7 UNDERSTAND 8 INTEND |
3) Read the text again
1 Look at each gap and decide on the appropriate part of speech.
2 Write down what you think is the correct form of the word in capitals.
3 Check your idea in a dictionary.
4 Record in your notebook the important forms of each word that you didn't know before.
| Adverb | Adjective | Noun | Verb |
| consciously | conscious | consciousness | |
| complainingly | complainant, complaint | complain | |
| anxiously | anxious | anxiety | |
| stressful | stress | stress | |
| impressively | impressionable, impressionistic, impressive | impression | impress |
| injection | inject | ||
| understandably | understandable, understanding | understanding | understand |
| intentionally | intentional | intention, intent | intend |