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Bullied kids at higher risk of mental health problems (1st May, 2015)

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A new study says that children who are bullied by other kids could have mental health problems when they are adults. The study found that bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety in adulthood than children who suffered child abuse. Researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more likely than those who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to have tried to harm themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks bullying is a normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up; it has serious long-term consequences."

Bullying is a big problem around the world. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to school because they are often bullied. Their exam results suffer and so do their chances of going to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may also suffer from other problems. They can have serious illnesses, an inability to focus on one thing for a long time, poor social skills, and have trouble holding down a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an expert on youth violence, said parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying. She said parents needed to teach their children how to communicate well with other children.

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Sources

http://www.livescience.com/50641-bullying-child-maltreatment-mental-health.html
http://www.medicaldaily.com/mental-health-suffers-more-bullied-children-those-abused-adults-331098
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/for-kids-bullying-by-peers-is-worse-than-abuse-from-adults-042815#4

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. BULLYING: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about bullying. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

children / bully / mental health / depression / anxiety / adulthood / harm / growing up / problem / exams / university / illness / social skills / relationship / communicate

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. BULLIED: How can we prevent children being bullied? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Solutions	How? / What?	Pros	Cons
The police
Parents
Schools
Other students
Security cameras
Internet

4. CRIME: Students A strongly believe bullying should be made a crime; Students B strongly believe it's a part of growing up. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. CHILDHOOD: Rank these with your partner. Put the most difficult things at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• bullying

• exam pressure

• homework

• parents

• boyfriends / girlfriends

• brothers and sisters

• money

• teachers

6. CHILD: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "child". 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.	A study says bullies at schools have mental health problems.	T / F
b.	The study says bullied children are more likely to get depressed.	T / F
c.	Bullied children are more likely to get depressed than abused children.	T / F
d.	A researcher said bullying is a normal part of growing up.	T / F
e.	The study says that there are 16,000 bullies in the UK.	T / F
f.	The study said that the exam results of bullies can suffer.	T / F
g.	Bullied children can have problems focusing and keeping a job.	T / F
h.	An expert said parents should teach their kids communication skills.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	study	a.	attempted
2.	likely	b.	frequently
3.	tried	c.	hurt
4.	harm	d.	probable
5.	consequences	e.	likelihood
6.	often	f.	stopping
7.	chances	g.	research paper
8.	focus	h.	specialist
9.	expert	i.	effects
10.	preventing	j.	concentrate

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	kids could have mental health problems	a.	part of growing up
2.	suffer from depression	b.	they are often bullied
3.	bullying is a normal part of	c.	consequences
4.	an inevitable	d.	preventing bullying
5.	it has serious long-term	e.	with other children
6.	do not go to school because	f.	when they are adults
7.	an inability to focus	g.	down a job
8.	have trouble holding	h.	and anxiety
9.	recognising and	i.	on one thing
10.	communicate well	j.	childhood

GAP FILL

A new study says that children who are (1) ____________ by other kids could have mental health problems when they are (2) ____________. The study found that bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression and (3) ____________ in adulthood than children who suffered child abuse. Researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more (4) ____________ than those who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to have tried to (5) ____________ themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks bullying is a (6) ____________ part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable (7) ____________ of growing up; it has serious long-(8) ____________ consequences."

part
anxiety
normal
bullied
harm
term
adults
likely

Bullying is a big (9) ____________ around the world. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to school because they are often bullied. Their exam (10) ____________ suffer and so do their chances of going to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may also (11) ____________ from other problems. They can have serious illnesses, an inability to (12) ____________ on one thing for a long time, poor social skills, and have trouble (13) ____________ down a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an (14) ____________ on youth violence, said parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and (15) ____________ bullying. She said parents needed to teach their children how to (16) ____________ well with other children.

results
holding
problem
preventing
focus
communicate
suffer
expert

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	children who are bullied by other kids could have ______
	a. mental healthy problems b. mentally health problems c. mental health problems d. mentally healthy problems
2)	The study found that bullied children are more likely ______ depression
	a. too suffer from b. to suffer from c. to suffers from d. to suffered from
3)	children who experienced only bullying were ______
	a. 1.6 times more likelihood b. 1.6 times more liked c. 1.6 times more like Lee d. 1.6 times more likely
4)	those who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to have tried ______
	a. to harm themselves b. to harms themselves c. to harmed themselves d. to harmful themselves
5)	Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable ______
	a. part of grow in up b. part of growing up c. part off growth in up d. part off growing up
6)	children stay at home and do not go to school because ______
	a. they were often bullied b. they are often bullied c. they are rafting bullied d. they were rafting bullied
7)	Their exam results suffer and so do their chances of going to university or ______
	a. get in good jobs b. getting good jobs c. getting in good jobs d. got in good jobs
8)	They can have serious illnesses, an inability to ______
	a. focus in one thing b. focus on one thing c. focus an one thing d. focusing one thing
9)	parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and ______
	a. prevent in bullying b. prevention bullying c. prevented in bullying d. preventing bullying
10)	parents needed to teach their children how to communicate well ______
	a. with another children b. with all other children c. with other children d. with others children

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

A (1) ___________________ children who are bullied by other kids could have mental health problems when (2) ___________________. The study found that bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety in adulthood than children who (3) ___________________. Researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more (4) ___________________ who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or (5) ___________________ harm themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks bullying is a normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable (6) ___________________; it has serious long-term consequences."

Bullying is a big problem (7) ___________________. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to school because they are often bullied. Their exam results suffer (8) ___________________ chances of going to university (9) ___________________ jobs. Bullied children may also suffer from other problems. They can have serious illnesses, an inability to focus on one thing (10) ___________________, poor social skills, and have trouble holding down a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, (11) ___________________ violence, said parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying. She said parents needed to teach their children how to communicate (12) ___________________ children.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	When could bullied children have mental health problems?
2.	What are bullied children likely to suffer from apart from depression?
3.	How much likelier is it that bullied kids will have problems?
4.	What did a researcher say society often thinks is normal for kids?
5.	What kind of consequences did the researcher say bullying had?
6.	How many British kids stay at home because of bullying?
7.	What results suffer because of bullying?
8.	What can bullied children have problems doing for a long time?
9.	What is Catherine Bradshaw an expert on?
10.	What should parents teach their children to do?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	When could bullied children have mental health problems?	6.	How many British kids stay at home because of bullying?
	a) as adults b) as teenagers c) before they are 16 d) from the age of three		a) 32,000 b) 26,000 c) 18,000 d) 16,000
2.	What are bullied children likely to suffer from apart from depression?	7.	What results suffer because of bullying?
	a) poor hearing b) poor sight c) anxiety d) obesity		a) IQ tests b) development tests c) exam results d) health checks
3.	How much likelier is it that bullied kids will have problems?	8.	What can bullied children have problems doing for a long time?
	a) 81.6 times b) 10 times c) two times d) 1.6 times		a) staying at home b) focusing c) sleeping d) communicating
4.	What did a researcher say society often thinks is normal for kids?	9.	What is Catherine Bradshaw an expert on?
	a) homework b) bullying c) worrying d) confidence		a) communication b) social skills c) youth violence d) sleeping
5.	What kind of consequences did the researcher say bullying had?	10.	What should parents teach their children to do?
	a) long-term consequences b) severe consequences c) dangerous consequences d) immediate consequences		a) karate b) communicate c) ignore bullies d) fight

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Bullying

You think bullying is the biggest thing children have to worry about. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't such a cause of worry. Also, tell the others which is the least worrying of these (and why): exams, parents or money.

Role B – Exams

You think exams are the biggest thing children have to worry about. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't such a cause of worry. Also, tell the others which is the least worrying of these (and why): bullying, parents or money.

Role C – Parents

You think parents are the biggest thing children have to worry about. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't such a cause of worry. Also, tell the others which is the least worrying of these (and why): exams, bullying or money.

Role D – Money

You think money is the biggest thing children have to worry about. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't such a cause of worry. Also, tell the others which is the least worrying of these (and why): exams, parents or bullying.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'mental' and 'health'.

mental

health

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:

adults
anxiety
1.6
harm
normal
serious

big
often
good
focus
youth
well

BULLYING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about bullying 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.

BULLYING DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1)	What did you think when you read the headline?
2)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'bullying'?
3)	How serious a problem is bullying?
4)	Why do people bully others?
5)	Is it worse to be bullied as a child or adult?
6)	What mental health problems might bullied children have?
7)	What happens to people who have depression?
8)	Why do schools not act when one child physically hurts another?
9)	What advice would you have for someone who is bullied?
10)	Should bullied children just learn how to deal with bullies?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	Is bullying a forgotten problem?
13)	What does society need to do to stop bullying?
14)	Should bullying be made a crime?
15)	Should bullying be a crime?
16)	Is bullying simply a part of childhood?
17)	Should bullied children go to the police and get the bully arrested?
18)	What should parents do about bullying?
19)	How can we teach bullies their actions are wrong?
20)	What questions would you like to ask a bully?

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

A new study says that children who are (1) ____ by other kids could have mental health problems when they are adults. The study found that bullied children are more (2) ____ to suffer from depression and anxiety (3) ____ adulthood than children who suffered child abuse. Researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more likely than (4) ____ who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to have tried to (5) ____ themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks bullying is a normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up; it has serious long-(6) ____ consequences."

Bullying is a big problem around the world. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to school because they are often bullied. Their exam (7) ____ suffer and so do their chances of going to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may also suffer from other problems. They can have (8) ____ illnesses, an inability to focus (9) ____ one thing for a long time, poor social skills, and have trouble holding (10) ____ a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an expert on youth violence, said parents and schools needed to do (11) ____ about recognising and preventing bullying. She said parents needed to teach their children how to communicate (12) ____ with other children.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	bullying	(b)	bullies	(c)	bullied	(d)	bully
2.	(a)	likely	(b)	liked	(c)	likelihood	(d)	liking
3.	(a)	on	(b)	in	(c)	when	(d)	as
4.	(a)	us	(b)	we	(c)	them	(d)	those
5.	(a)	harmed	(b)	harmful	(c)	harm	(d)	harms
6.	(a)	time	(b)	term	(c)	temp	(d)	tune
7.	(a)	results	(b)	resulting	(c)	resulted	(d)	result
8.	(a)	seriousness	(b)	seriously	(c)	series	(d)	serious
9.	(a)	in	(b)	by	(c)	on	(d)	at
10.	(a)	in	(b)	up	(c)	on	(d)	down
11.	(a)	many	(b)	more	(c)	most	(d)	some
12.	(a)	well	(b)	good	(c)	goodly	(d)	will

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	suffer from depression and xtneaiy
2.	1.6 times more ykille
3.	child abseu
4.	a normal part of hdocoihld
5.	an lbtaienvei part of growing up
6.	serious long-term eqsecenncuos
Paragraph 2
7.	exam etsrslu
8.	serious lesnsiesl
9.	an biintylai to focus
10.	an expert on youth einvocel
11.	eiregtpnnv bullying
12.	how to ntuoaecmmic well

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	Bullying is a big problem around the world. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to
( )	experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more likely than those who experienced only child abuse to have mental
( )	inevitable part of growing up; it has serious long-term consequences."
( 1 )	A new study says that children who are bullied by other kids could have mental health problems when they are
( )	have serious illnesses, an inability to focus on one thing for a long time, poor social skills, and have trouble holding
( )	health problems or to have tried to harm themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often thinks bullying is a
( )	anxiety in adulthood than children who suffered child abuse. Researchers found that the children who
( )	normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an
( )	and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying. She said parents needed to
( )	teach their children how to communicate well with other children.
( )	down a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an expert on youth violence, said parents
( )	adults. The study found that bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression and
( )	school because they are often bullied. Their exam results suffer and so do their chances of going
( )	to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may also suffer from other problems. They can

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	bullied are who Children kids other by .
2.	depression likely to Children suffer are from more .
3.	than experienced abuse likely who child More those only .
4.	part of childhood Society often thinks bullying is a normal .
5.	growing inevitable of up An part .
6.	big problem Bullying around is the a world .
7.	go home not school at do to Stay and .
8.	time long a for thing one on focus to inability An .
9.	to needed schools and Parents more do .
10.	how children their Teach well communicate to .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

A new study says that children who are bullied / bullying by other kids could have mental health problems when they are adults. The study find / found that bullied children are more liked / likely to suffer from depression and anxiety / anxious in adulthood than children who suffered child abusive / abuse. Researchers found that the children who experience / experienced only bullying were 1.6 times more likely than those / them who experienced only child abuse to have mental / mentally health problems or to have tried to harm themselves. Researcher Dr Dieter Wolke said society often think / thinks bullying is a normal part of childhood. He said: "Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing down / up; it has serious long-term consequences."

Bullying is a big problem around / about the world. In Britain, about 16,000 children stay at home and do not go to school because them / they are often bullied. Their exam results / result suffer and so do / have their chances of going to university or getting good jobs. Bullied children may also suffer from another / other problems. They can have serious illnesses / ills, an inability to focus on one thing for a long time, poor socially / social skills, and have trouble holding / held down a job or staying in a relationship. Catherine Bradshaw, an expert in / on youth violence, said parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying. She said parents needed to teach their children how to communicate well / good with other children.

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

a new study says that children who are bullied by other kids could have mental health problems when they are adults the study found that bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety in adulthood than children who suffered child abuse researchers found that the children who experienced only bullying were 16 times more likely than those who experienced only child abuse to have mental health problems or to have tried to harm themselves researcher dr dieter wolke said society often thinks bullying is a normal part of childhood he said "being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up it has serious long-term consequences"

bullying is a big problem around the world in britain about 16000 children stay at home and do not go to school because they are often bullied their exam results suffer and so do their chances of going to university or getting good jobs bullied children may also suffer from other problems they can have serious illnesses an inability to focus on one thing for a long time poor social skills and have trouble holding down a job or staying in a relationship catherine bradshaw an expert on youth violence said parents and schools needed to do more about recognising and preventing bullying she said parents needed to teach their children how to communicate well with other children

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Anewstudysaysthatchildrenwhoarebulliedbyotherkidscouldhaveme
ntalhealthproblemswhentheyareadults.Thestudyfoundthatbulliedc
hildrenaremorelikelytosufferfromdepressionandanxietyinadulthood
thanchildrenwhosufferedchildabuse.Researchersfoundthatthechild
renwhoexperiencedonlybullyingwere1.6timesmorelikelythanthose
whoexperiencedonlychildabusetohavementalhealthproblemsortoh
avetriedtoharmthemselves.ResearcherDrDieterWolkesaidsocietyof
tenthinksbullyingisanormalpartofchildhood.Hesaid:"Beingbulliedis
notaharmlessriteofpassageoraninevitablepartofgrowingup;ithasser
iouslong-termconsequences."Bullyingisabigproblemaroundthew
orld.InBritain,about16,000childrenstayathomeanddonotgotoschool
becausetheyareoftenbullied.Theirexamresultssufferandsodotheirch
ancesofgoingtouniversityorgettinggoodjobs.Bulliedchildrenmayals
osufferfromotherproblems.Theycanhaveseriousillnesses,aninabilit
ytofocusononethingforalongtime,poorsocialskills,andhavetroubleh
oldingdownajoborstayinginarelationship.CatherineBradshaw,anex
pertonyouthviolence,saidparentsandschoolsneededtodomoreabout
recognisingandpreventingbullying.Shesaidparentsneededtoteacht
heirchildrenhowtocommunicatewellwithotherchildren.

FREE WRITING

Write about bullying for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Bullying should be a crime. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 bullying. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. BULLYING: Make a poster about bullying. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. A CRIME: Write a magazine article about bullying and whether or not it should be a crime. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.

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 an expert on bullying. Ask him/her three questions about bullying. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

T

d

F

e

F

f

F

g

T

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	study	a.	research paper
2	likely	b.	probable
3.	tried	c.	attempted
4.	harm	d.	hurt
5.	consequences	e.	effects
6.	often	f.	frequently
7.	chances	g.	likelihood
8.	focus	h.	concentrate
9.	expert	i.	specialist
10.	preventing	j.	stopping

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	When they are adults
2.	Anxiety
3.	1.6 times
4.	Bullying
5.	Long-term consequences
6.	16,000
7.	Exam results
8.	Focusing
9.	Youth violence
10.	Communicate (well) with other children

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

a

2.

c

3.

d

4.

b

5.

a

6.

d

7.

c

8.

b

9.

c

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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