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Acupuncture Good For A Bad BackMany people think twice about doctors sticking needles in them. However, research into acupuncture might change people’s opinions. A new study into this ancient Chinese therapy shows it is better than usual hospital treatments at relieving back pain. The research team found acupuncture is “better” for a bad back than the care given in the West. This may be good news for millions of people who suffer from back pain. Up to 85 per cent of us will experience a painful back at some time in our life. The research team surveyed 638 patients with lower back pain. Researcher Dr Daniel Cherkin said all the varieties of acupuncture in the study “had beneficial…effects” when compared to usual treatment. He said acupuncture was both safe and effective.
Acupuncture is growing in popularity around the world. It is a technique in which very thin needles are pushed into specific points on the body. Experts say each point has access to a special energy flow. The needles can stop the flow of energy that causes pain. They also say acupuncture is painless. Western doctors do not understand how or why these lines of energy work. The WHO recommends acupuncture for over 20 different medical problems. Dr Cherkin’s study showed acupuncture worked. After eight weeks, up to 69 per cent of the test patients having acupuncture said their back pain improved. This compares to just 39 per cent for the patients who received conventional care.
WARM-UPS1. NEEDLES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about needles. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) 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.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. ACHES AND PAINS: With your partner(s), talk about the best remedies / therapies for these aches and pains. Change partners and share your ideas.
4. ACUPUNCTURE: Students A strongly believe acupuncture is better than taking medicine; Students B strongly believe acupuncture is not a proper therapy and medicine is better. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. THERAPIES: How good are these therapies? Talk with your partner(s). Change partners share your ideas. Vote as a class on which is the best therapy.
6. PAIN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘pain’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.Many people _________________ doctors sticking needles in them. However, research into acupuncture might change people’s opinions. A new study _________________ Chinese therapy shows it is better than usual hospital treatments at relieving back pain. The research team found acupuncture is “better” for a bad back than _________________ the West. This may be good news for millions of people who suffer from back pain. Up to 85 per cent of us will experience a painful back _________________ our life. The research team surveyed 638 patients with lower back pain. Researcher Dr Daniel Cherkin said _________________ of acupuncture in the study “had beneficial…effects” when compared to usual treatment. He said acupuncture _________________ effective. Acupuncture is ___________________ around the world. It is a technique in which very thin needles are pushed into specific points on the body. Experts say each point _________________ special energy flow. The needles can stop the flow of energy that causes pain. They also say acupuncture is painless. Western doctors do not understand _________________ lines of energy work. The WHO recommends acupuncture _________________ medical problems. Dr Cherkin’s study showed acupuncture worked. After eight weeks, up to 69 per cent _________________ having acupuncture said their back pain improved. This compares to just 39 per cent for the patients who received _________________. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘back’ and ‘pain’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
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:
STUDENT THERAPY SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about therapy 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.
ACUPUNCTURE DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEMany people think (1) ____ about doctors sticking needles in them. However, research into acupuncture might change people’s opinions. A new study (2) ____ this ancient Chinese therapy shows it is better than usual hospital treatments at relieving back pain. The research team found acupuncture is “better” for a bad back than the (3) ____ given in the West. This may be good news for millions of people who suffer from back pain. (4) ____ to 85 per cent of us will experience a painful back at some time in our life. The research team surveyed 638 patients with (5) ____ back pain. Researcher Dr Daniel Cherkin said all the varieties of acupuncture in the study “had beneficial…effects” when compared to usual treatment. He said acupuncture was (6) ____ safe and effective. Acupuncture is growing (7) ____ popularity around the world. It is a technique in which very thin needles are pushed into specific points on the body. Experts say each point has (8) ____ to a special energy flow. The needles can stop the flow of energy that causes pain. They also say acupuncture is (9) ____. Western doctors do not understand how or why these lines of energy (10) ____. The WHO recommends acupuncture for over 20 different medical problems. Dr Cherkin’s study showed acupuncture worked. After eight weeks, up to 69 per cent of the test patients (11) ____ acupuncture said their back pain improved. This compares (12) ____ just 39 per cent for the patients who received conventional care. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about acupuncture for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. 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 acupuncture. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. THERAPIES: Make a poster about different therapies. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. ACUPUNCTURE: Write a magazine article about acupuncture. Include imaginary interviews with people who had the therapy. 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. LETTER: Write a letter to Dr Daniel Cherkin. Ask him three questions about acupuncture. Give him three ideas on how he could promote acupuncture around the world. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Acupuncture good for a bad backMany people think twice about doctors sticking needles in them. However, research into acupuncture might change people’s opinions. A new study into this ancient Chinese therapy shows it is better than usual hospital treatments at relieving back pain. The research team found acupuncture is “better” for a bad back than the care given in the West. This may be good news for millions of people who suffer from back pain. Up to 85 per cent of us will experience a painful back at some time in our life. The research team surveyed 638 patients with lower back pain. Researcher Dr Daniel Cherkin said all the varieties of acupuncture in the study “had beneficial…effects” when compared to usual treatment. He said acupuncture was both safe and effective. Acupuncture is growing in popularity around the world. It is a technique in which very thin needles are pushed into specific points on the body. Experts say each point has access to a special energy flow. The needles can stop the flow of energy that causes pain. They also say acupuncture is painless. Western doctors do not understand how or why these lines of energy work. The WHO recommends acupuncture for over 20 different medical problems. Dr Cherkin’s study showed acupuncture worked. After eight weeks, up to 69 per cent of the test patients having acupuncture said their back pain improved. This compares to just 39 per cent for the patients who received conventional care. LANGUAGE WORK
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