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Palm surgery to change your future (19th July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	change	a.	knife
2.	They don't like their "bad future"	b.	on the palm
3.	spend	c.	to heal
4.	The 15-minute surgery	d.	palm lines
5.	electric	e.	their future
6.	burns lines	f.	future" palm lines
7.	It makes "better	g.	$70 on a palm reading
8.	The scar takes one month	h.	costs $1,000

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Doctors say this	a.	and then got married
2.	A palm reader said he	b.	can change the future
3.	Only action	c.	lottery
4.	Exercise to	d.	was surprised
5.	People say the surgery	e.	fortune line
6.	A woman had a longer wedding line,	f.	get healthy
7.	a longer	g.	changed their life
8.	won the	h.	does not work

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Japanese people are (1) ___________________ to change their future. They don't like their "bad (2) ___________________. Many Japanese (3) ___________________ palm reading. The 15-minute (4) ___________________. An electric (5) ___________________ the palm. It makes "better future" palm lines. The scar takes (6) ___________________.

Doctors say (7) ___________________. It is unnatural. A palm reader said (8) ___________________ because real lines cannot change. Only (9) ___________________ the future. Exercise to get healthy. (10) ___________________ surgery changed their life. A woman (11) ___________________ line, and then got married. Others had a longer fortune line and (12) ___________________.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Japanesepeoplearehavingpalmsurgerytochangetheirfuture.Theydo
n'tliketheir"badfuture"palmlines.ManyJapanesespend$70onapalmr
eading.The15-minutesurgerycosts$1,000.Anelectricknifeburnslin
esonthepalm.Itmakes"betterfuture"palmlines.Thescartakesonemo
nthtoheal.Doctorssaythisdoesnotwork.Itisunnatural.Apalmreaders
aidhewassurprisedbecausereallinescannotchange.Onlyactioncanch
angethefuture.Exercisetogethealthy.Peoplesaythesurgerychangedt
heirlife.Awomanhadalongerweddingline,andthengotmarried.Other
shadalongerfortunelineandwonthelottery.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about palm reading for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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