g. What was his reaction to the news Our reaction to a joke is to laugh His reaction to the doctor s treatment was satisfactory 3. Questions for group discussion 1)Is there really a doctor in the body? Ifso, who do you think is the doctor? Why? I think there is a doctor in the body and it is the mind. Usually if we are quit confident, we will react as if everything will go well. That is to say, if we are mentally sure that we will get better, the body will start functioning better. Otherwise we will lose heart and the illness in our body will probably get worse. I really believe in the power of mind over matter 2) How would you feel if your doctor had given you a placebo instead of medicine? It depends. If I got better, I would feel lucky to have been given a placebo instead of real med icine. because med icine often has some side effects. however if i didn't feel better, I would be very angry and probably would never go back to that doctor 3)Iyou got better anyway, would you think the doctor had cheated you? would you be pleased that you had been able to heal your own body just by believing that you could? I would think the doctor had cheated me. At the same time, I would be pleased that I had been able to heal my body by believing that I could. I would be proud of my will power and become more confident of myself 4. Translation D) All I can say is that we are extremely sorry 2) In many cases regulations alone will not work 3) He is highly likely to succeed because of his intelligence and dilger 4) She stared at me as if I were a stranger 5)It is reported that three people were injured in the traffic accident yesterday 6) I feel angry at the way he has treated me 7) The patient is much the same as he was yesterday 8)Id like to stay at home this evening rather than go out V. Further development I. Words Association and story-telling STEP ONE emergency, first aid, injury, penicillin, shock, wound, sore, scrape, choking, bruise, shot, pulse, unconscious(ness), antib iotic, cough, rescue faint(ing )thermometer, soothe, injection, headache, toothache, stomachache, hospital dentist, therapy, therapist, drug, medicine, heart attack, chronic, seasick(ness) airsick(ness), bleed (ing), fracture, fever, flu/influenza, cold, dislocation, temperature disease, illness, cancer, infection, ulcer, placebo, case, heal, cure, capsule, pill, tablet prescribe, prescription, cut examine, X-ray, etc STEP TwO Last summer, my friends and i decided to go mountain-climbing. Our excursion up the mountain turned out to be a disappointing ad venturee.g. What was his reaction to the news? Our reaction to a joke is to laugh. His reaction to the doctor’s treatment was satisfactory. 3. Questions for group discussion 1) Is there really a doctor in the body? If so, who do you think is the doctor? Why? I think there is a doctor in the body and it is the mind. Usually if we are quit confident, we will react as if everything will go well. That is to say, if we are mentally sure that we will get better, the body will start functioning better. Otherwise we will lose heart and the illness in our body will probably get worse. I really believe in the power of “mind over matter”. 2) How would you feel if your doctor had given you a placebo instead of medicine? It depends. If I got better, I would feel lucky to have been given a placebo instead of real medicine, because medicine often has some side effects. However, if I didn’t feel better, I would be very angry and probably would never go back to that doctor. 3) If you got better anyway, would you think the doctor had cheated you? Would you be pleased that you had been able to heal your own body just by believing that you could? I would think the doctor had cheated me. At the same time, I would be pleased that I had been able to heal my body by believing that I could. I would be proud of my will power and become more confident of myself 4. Translation 1) All I can say is that we are extremely sorry. 2) In many cases regulations alone will not work. 3) He is highly likely to succeed because of his intelligence and diligence. 4) She stared at me as if I were a stranger. 5) It is reported that three people were injured in the traffic accident yesterday. 6) I feel angry at the way he has treated me. 7) The patient is much the same as he was yesterday. 8) I’d like to stay at home this evening rather than go out. V. Further Development 1. Words Association and Story-telling STEP ONE emergency, first aid, injury, penicillin, shock, wound, sore, scrape, choking, bruise, shot, pulse, unconscious(ness), antibiotic, cough, rescue faint(ing)thermometer, soothe, injection, headache, toothache, stomachache, hospital, dentist, therapy, therapist, drug, medicine, heart attack, chronic, seasick(ness), airsick(ness), bleed(ing), fracture, fever, flu/influenza, cold, dislocation, temperature, disease, illness, cancer, infection, ulcer, placebo, case, heal, cure, capsule, pill, tablet, prescribe, prescription, cut examine, X-ray,etc. STEP TWO Last summer, my friends and I decided to go mountain-climbing. Our excursion up the mountain turned out to be a disappointing adventure