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Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (a verse from the Koran) and local people got worried about it. They said it was full of black magic and that someone was using it to try and change the results of an election. Police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "suspicious fruit". They thought the small fruit might affect how people voted in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters from voting, or make them vote for someone else. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a fake and contained no black magic.
A police official said: "It seems like it was a joke. Just a prank, so that people will become aware, understand the message, and not do it again." The Huffington Post website claims that black magic can have a big effect on life in the Maldives. In July, a school refused to let a voting box into the building. Teachers were worried it would make students ill. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader in the Maldives, asked the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin to practice black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do something about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a major social issue in his country.
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Sources:
http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201309062230-0023033
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/39662
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/police-arrest-coconut-maldives-presidential-election_n_3880700.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World
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1. COCONUTS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about coconuts. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
police officers / arrest / coconut / results / election / fruit / island / magic / voting / prank / message / website / teachers / religious leader / sins / problems / social issue
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. USES OF A COCONUT: What can we use coconuts for? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
Use?
How?
Hobby
Food
Drink
Building
Medicine
Other __________
4. NAME: Students A strongly believe the name "coconut" should change because it isn't a nut; Students B strongly believe that's stupid. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
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See a sample5. FRUIT: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• coconuts
• pineapples
• papayas
• bananas
• apples
• strawberries
• kiwi fruit
• grapes
6. MAGIC: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "magic". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
BEFORE READING / LISTENING
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.
Police arrested a person dressed up like a coconut.
T / F
b.
Someone tried to use a coconut to change the results of an election.
T / F
c.
Someone wrote something on the coconut in English.
T / F
d.
A good magician said the coconut contained no black magic.
T / F
e.
A website said black magic affected life in the Maldives.
T / F
f.
In 2012, a voting box in a school made students ill.
T / F
g.
A religious leader asked the government to make black magic illegal.
T / F
h.
The leader said black magic wasn't such a big problem in his country.
T / F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1.
full
a.
allow
2.
change
b.
problem
3.
suspicious
c.
imitation
4.
verse
d.
trick
5.
fake
e.
dishonest-looking
6.
joke
f.
filled
7.
let
g.
unlawful
8.
ill
h.
affect
9.
illegal
i.
sick
10.
issue
j.
poem
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1.
They said it was full
a.
results of an election
2.
try and change the
b.
effect on life
3.
affect how
c.
it was a joke
4.
make them vote
d.
no black magic
5.
the coconut was a fake and contained
e.
social issue in his country
6.
It seems like
f.
students ill
7.
black magic can have a big
g.
of black magic
8.
worried it would make
h.
practise black magic
9.
it was a sin to
i.
for someone else
10.
black magic has become a major
j.
people voted
GAP FILL
Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (a (1) ____________ from the Koran) and (2) ____________people got worried about it. They said it was full of black magic and that someone was using it to try and change the (3) ____________of an election. Police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "(4) ____________fruit". They thought the small fruit might affect how people (5) ____________in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop (6) ____________from voting, or make them vote for someone else. The police (7) ____________a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a (8) ____________and contained no black magic.
contacted
local
voters
suspicious
verse
fake
results
voted
A police official said: "It seems like it was a (9) ____________. Just a prank, so that people will become (10) ____________, understand the message, and not do it again." The Huffington Post website claims that black magic can have a big (11) ____________on life in the Maldives. In July, a school refused to let a voting box into the building. Teachers were worried it would make students (12) ____________. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a (13) ____________leader in the Maldives, asked the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a (14) ____________to practice black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do (15) ____________about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a (16) ____________social issue in his country.
something
effect
aware
religious
major
joke
sin
ill
LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.
1)
They said it was full of ______
a. black magical
b. black magician
c. black magicians
d. black magic2)
The young coconut had Arabic ______
a. writing in it
b. writing on it
c. writing an it
d. writing and it3)
how people voted in Saturday's ______
a. national elective
b. national elections
c. national election
d. national electing4)
stop voters from voting, or make them vote ______
a. from someone else
b. for someone else
c. of someone else
d. through someone else5)
The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the ______
a. coconut was a take
b. coconut was a fake
c. coconut was a lake
d. coconut was a make6)
The Huffington Post website claims that black magic can have a big ______
a. effect on life
b. effect on rife
c. effect on live
d. effect on lives7)
Teachers were worried it would ______
a. make students ill
b. make students will
c. make students till
d. make students bill8)
asked the government to make ______
a. black magic legal
b. black magic illegals
c. black magic illegally
d. black magic illegal9)
He said it caused a ______
a. lot of problems
b. rot of problems
c. load of problems
d. loads of problems10)
black magic has become a major social ______ country
a. issue in his
b. tissue in his
c. reissue in his
d. issues in hisLISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
Police officers in the Maldives (1) ___________________ coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (a verse from the Koran) and local people got worried about it. They (2) ___________________ black magic and that someone was using it to try and change the results of an election. Police took the coconut (3) ___________________ station because it was a "suspicious fruit". They thought the small (4) ___________________ how people voted in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters (5) ___________________ voting, or make them vote (6) ___________________. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a fake and contained no black magic.
A police official said: "It (7) ___________________ a joke. Just a prank, so that people will become aware, understand the message, and not do it again." The Huffington Post (8) ___________________ black magic can have a big effect on life in the Maldives. In July, a school refused to let a voting (9) ___________________. Teachers were worried it would make students ill. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader in the Maldives, (10) ___________________ to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin to practice black magic. He (11) ___________________ of problems for many families and that it was time to do something about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become (12) ___________________ in his country.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.
What did people think was in the coconut?
2.
What did they think the coconut would change?
3.
What language did people use to write on the coconut?
4.
On what day did the election take place?
5.
Who decided the coconut contained no black magic?
6.
What did the police say it seemed like?
7.
What website said black magic affected life in the Maldives?
8.
What were teachers worried about?
9.
What did a religious leader say it was a sin to do in the Maldives?
10.
What did the leader say black magic has become?
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
1.
What did people think was in the coconut?
6.
What did the police say it seemed like?
a) gold
b) black magic
c) election results
d) coconut milk
a) a joke
b) a peanut
c) a website
d) a tree2.
What did they think the coconut would change?
7.
What website said black magic affected life in the Maldives?
a) its shape
b) the future
c) its taste
d) an election
a) Al Jazeera
b) CNN
c) Huffington Post
d) BBC3.
What language did people use to write on the coconut?
8.
What were teachers worried about?
a) Sanskrit
b) Hindi
c) Arabic
d) English
a) children getting ill
b) a coconut disease
c) major social issues
d) their salaries4.
On what day did the election take place?
9.
What did a religious leader say it was a sin to do in the Maldives?
a) Saturday
b) Sunday
c) Monday
d) Tuesday
a) eat coconuts on Fridays
b) have a major social issue
c) cut down coconut trees
d) black magic5.
Who decided the coconut contained no black magic?
10.
What did the leader say black magic has become?
a) a police officer
b) a magician
c) the Maldives' leader
d) a coconut farmer
a) accepted
b) a joke
c) a major social issue
d) a prankROLE PLAY
Role A – Coconut
You think coconuts are the best tropical fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): papayas, bananas or pineapples.
Role B – Papaya
You think papayas are the best tropical fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): coconuts, bananas or pineapples.
Role C – Banana
You think bananas are the best tropical fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): papayas, coconuts or pineapples.
Role D – Pineapple
You think pineapples are the best tropical fruit. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their fruit. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): papayas, bananas or coconuts.
AFTER READING / LISTENING
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'black' and 'magic'.
black
magic
- Share your findings with your partners.
- Make questions using the words you found.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
- Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?
4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
- full
- young
- verse
- how
- stop
- fake
- joke
- again
- refused
- ill
- sin
- major
COCONUTS SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about coconuts in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1
_____________
STUDENT 2
_____________
STUDENT 3
_____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
- Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
- Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
COCONUTS DISCUSSION
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
a)
What did you think when you read the headline?
b)
What springs to mind when you hear the word 'coconut'?
c)
What do you think about what you read?
d)
Do you like the taste of coconut?
e)
What do you think when you see a beach lined with coconut trees?
f)
Were the Maldives police right to take the coconut to the police station?
g)
Do you believe in black magic?
h)
Do you believe in any kind of magic?
i)
What things can change how people vote?
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a)
Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)
What do you know about coconuts?
c)
What would you do if you saw a "suspicious" fruit?
d)
Why is a coconut called a coconut, when it is not a nut?
e)
Why do you think people believe in black magic?
f)
Should black magic be made illegal?
g)
What's your favourite food or drink that has coconut in it?
h)
How many different ways can you use a coconut?
i)
What questions would you like to ask the arresting police officer?
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.
________________________________________________________
2.
________________________________________________________
3.
________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________
6.
________________________________________________________
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.
________________________________________________________
2.
________________________________________________________
3.
________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________
6.
________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE - CLOZE
Police officers in the Maldives have (1) ____ a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (a verse from the Koran) and (2) ____ people got worried about it. They said it was full of black magic and that someone was (3) ____ it to try and change the results of an election. Police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "(4) ____ fruit". They thought the small fruit might affect how people voted in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters from (5) ____, or make them vote for someone else. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a fake and contained (6) ____ black magic.
A police official said: "It seems like it was a joke. Just a prank, so that people will become (7) ____, understand the message, and not do it again." The Huffington Post website claims that black magic can have a big effect on (8) ____ in the Maldives. In July, a school (9) ____ to let a voting box into the building. Teachers were worried it would make students ill. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader in the Maldives, (10) ____ the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin to practice black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was (11) ____ to do something about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a (12) ____ social issue in his country.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1.
(a)
arrest
(b)
arrests
(c)
arresting
(d)
arrested
2.
(a)
near
(b)
close
(c)
next
(d)
local
3.
(a)
user
(b)
using
(c)
users
(d)
uses
4.
(a)
suspicion
(b)
suspiciously
(c)
suspicious
(d)
suspicions
5.
(a)
voting
(b)
voted
(c)
votes
(d)
voters
6.
(a)
no
(b)
non
(c)
not
(d)
now
7.
(a)
knowledge
(b)
understand
(c)
comprehension
(d)
aware
8.
(a)
life
(b)
live
(c)
lively
(d)
lifer
9.
(a)
made
(b)
refused
(c)
recycled
(d)
ordered
10.
(a)
tell
(b)
apologized
(c)
asked
(d)
whispered
11.
(a)
watch
(b)
seconds
(c)
time
(d)
minute
12.
(a)
million
(b)
most
(c)
meant
(d)
major
SPELLING
Paragraph 1
1.
Police isfforce in the Maldives
2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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Paragraph 2
7.
understand the sgsmaee
8.
a school suerefd to let…
9.
a glierisou leader
10.
a sin to iceratps (UK) aerpccit (USA) black magic
11.
it scuade a lot of problems
12.
black magic has become a major social iuess
PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
( )
from the Koran) and local people got worried about it. They said it was full of black
( )
magician), who decided the coconut was a fake and contained no black magic.
( 1 )
Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a "sura" (a verse
( )
about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a major social issue in his country.
( )
have a big effect on life in the Maldives. In July, a school refused to let a voting box into the building. Teachers were
( )
aware, understand the message, and not do it again." The Huffington Post website claims that black magic can
( )
A police official said: "It seems like it was a joke. Just a prank, so that people will become
( )
worried it would make students ill. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader
( )
magic and that someone was using it to try and change the results of an election. Police took the coconut to a local
( )
black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do something
( )
stop voters from voting, or make them vote for someone else. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good
( )
in the Maldives, asked the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin to practice
( )
police station because it was a "suspicious fruit". They thought the small fruit might
( )
affect how people voted in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can
PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
1.
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2.
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3.
to it Using election an of results the change and try.
4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
worried ill it would Teachers make were students.
8.
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9.
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10.
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing / wrote on it. It was a "sura" (a verse from the Koran) and locally / local people got worried about it. They said it was filled / full of black magic and that someone was using / use it to try and change the / a results of an election. Police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "suspicious fruit / fruity". They thought the small fruit might effect / affect how people voted on / in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters from voting / vote, or make them vote for someone else. The police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who decided the coconut was a fake / flake and contained no black magic.
A police official said: "It seems like it was a joke. Just a plank / prank, so that people will become beware / aware, understand the message / massage, and not do it again." The Huffington Post website claiming / claims that black magic can have a big affect / effect on life in the Maldives. In July, a school refused / refusing to let a voting box into the building. Teachers were / was worried it would make students will / ill. In 2012, Abdulla bin Mohamed Ibrahim, a religious leader in the Maldives, asked the government to make black magic illegal. He said it was a sin / win to practice black magic. He said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do something about it. Mr Ibrahim said black magic has become a major social / socially issue in his country.
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.
INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
police officers in the maldives have arrested a coconut it had arabic writing on it it was a "sura" (a verse from the koran) and local people got worried about it they said it was full of black magic and that someone was using it to try and change the results of an election police took the coconut to a local police station because it was a "suspicious fruit" they thought the small fruit might affect how people voted in saturday's national election people on the island of guraidhoo believe black magic can stop voters from voting or make them vote for someone else the police contacted a "ruqyah" (a good magician) who decided the coconut was a fake and contained no black magic
a police official said "it seems like it was a joke just a prank so that people will become aware understand the message and not do it again" the huffington post website claims that black magic can have a big effect on life in the maldives in july a school refused to let a voting box into the building teachers were worried it would make students ill in 2012 abdulla bin mohamed ibrahim a religious leader in the maldives asked the government to make black magic illegal he said it was a sin to practice black magic he said it caused a lot of problems for many families and that it was time to do something about it mr ibrahim said black magic has become a major social issue in his country
PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
PoliceofficersintheMaldiveshavearrestedacoconut.IthadArabicwriti
ngonit.Itwasa"sura"(aversefromtheKoran)andlocalpeoplegotworrie
daboutit.Theysaiditwasfullofblackmagicandthatsomeonewasusingit
totryandchangetheresultsofanelection.Policetookthecoconuttoaloc
alpolicestationbecauseitwasa"suspiciousfruit".Theythoughtthesmal
lfruitmightaffecthowpeoplevotedinSaturday'snationalelection.Peop
leontheislandofGuraidhoobelieveblackmagiccanstopvotersfromvoti
ng,ormakethemvoteforsomeoneelse.Thepolicecontacteda"ruqyah"
(agoodmagician),whodecidedthecoconutwasafakeandcontainedno
blackmagic.Apoliceofficialsaid:"Itseemslikeitwasajoke.Justaprank,
sothatpeoplewillbecomeaware,understandthemessage,andnotdoit
again."TheHuffingtonPostwebsiteclaimsthatblackmagiccanhaveabi
geffectonlifeintheMaldives.InJuly,aschoolrefusedtoletavotingboxint
othebuilding.Teacherswereworrieditwouldmakestudentsill.In2012,
AbdullabinMohamedIbrahim,areligiousleaderintheMaldives,askedt
hegovernmenttomakeblackmagicillegal.Hesaiditwasasintopractice
blackmagic.Hesaiditcausedalotofproblemsformanyfamiliesandthati
twastimetodosomethingaboutit.MrIbrahimsaidblackmagichasbeco
meamajorsocialissueinhiscountry.FREE WRITING
Write about coconuts for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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ACADEMIC WRITING
Compare and contrast coconuts and peanuts.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about coconuts. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. COCONUTS: Make a poster about coconuts and their uses. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. BLACK MAGIC: Write a magazine article about black magic. Include imaginary interviews with people who believe in it and people who don't.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to a coconut expert. Ask him/her three questions about coconuts. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
ANSWERS
TRUE / FALSE (p.4)
a
F
b
T
c
F
d
T
e
T
f
F
g
T
h
F
SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)
1.
full
a.
filled
2.
change
b.
affect
3.
suspicious
c.
dishonest-looking
4.
verse
d.
poem
5.
fake
e.
imitation
6.
joke
f.
trick
7.
let
g.
allow
8.
ill
h.
sick
9.
illegal
i.
unlawful
10.
issue
j.
problem
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)
1.
Black magic
2.
Election results
3.
Arabic
4.
Saturday
5.
A good magician (a "ruqyah")
6.
A joke
7.
The Huffingtom Post
8.
That students would get ill
9.
Practise black magic
10.
A major social issue
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)
1.
b
2.
d
3.
c
4.
a
5.
b
6.
a
7.
c
8.
a
9.
d
10.
c
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