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Sino-Canadian International College, Guangxi University, Online English Lesson Plans, Lesson Material and Ideas
for Reading Lessons...
Reading Exercise using
Article: "Hypnotism"
INSTRUCTIONS: Read
the following article then answer the questions based on the article.
"Hypnotism"
Hypnotism is very old. Thousands of years ago, people started to use it in
Egypt. The use of hypnotism has expanded greatly since that time. Today,
doctors and scientists in almost every country hypnotize people to help them
with their problems.
What is hypnotism, and how does it work? Many people think that a
hypnotist puts people to sleep. Then he makes the hypnotized people do
strange things. This is not what a hypnotist does. Hypnotism is really just
a way to relax the mind and body.
What are some of the uses of hypnotism? We go to a hypnotist because we have
a problem. The problem makes us unhappy. The hypnotist asks us to think hard
about something and relax. When we are relaxed, the hypnotist gives us some
ideas to help us with our problems.
A baseball player says that hypnotism helped him. He went to a hypnotist
because he had a problem when he hit the ball. Once a ball hit him in the
face. After that he was afraid that the ball might hit him again. He
didn’t hit the ball well after that. The hypnotist told the player to
relax. Then he told him to think about the many times he had hit the ball
well. After that, the baseball player was not afraid. He hit the ball
better.
Hypnotism can help people to remember things. The police sometimes ask
hypnotists to help them. For example, a man sees an accident. He forgets the
license number of the car he sees. If he is hypnotized, he may remember it.
The police can then find the car and catch the driver.
People who are hypnotized can also make mistakes or say something that
isn’t true. People remember what they think they saw. That may
not be what really happened.
The police don’t hypnotize people who do something wrong. People who are
hypnotized may say something that isn’t true. A person who has done
something bad has a good reason to say something that isn’t true.
Comprehension Check
Write T if it is true. Write F if it is false and NS if it is not stated.
1. Hypnotists don’t put people to sleep.
2. People use hypnotism because they have a problem.
3. Hypnotism can make us do strange things.
4. People use hypnotism a lot now.
5. The baseball player was afraid to play baseball.
6. People often ask hypnotists to help them.
7. Hypnotism can sometimes help you remember things.
8. People who are hypnotized never make mistakes.
9. Policemen are often hypnotized as part of their job.
10. The police often hypnotize people who do something wrong.
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