have a look at the key of the reading I asked you to do for homework last Thursday ( use your dictionaries to check the vocabulary exercise). I include the text for the students who didn´t come.
Read about fortunetellers.
Fortune telling is
the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through
mystical or supernatural means. Common methods used in fortune telling
include astrology, tarot card reading, crystallomancy (reading of a crystal
sphere), and palmistry. Are you interested in having someone read your
palm? Would you like to take your chances with tarot cards? Would you
like to visit an old-fashioned Gypsy fortuneteller who looks into a crystal
ball and sees everything?
There are many
different forms of psychic art and different kinds of fortune telling
methods. For example, palmistry is a method of interpreting the shape of
the hand and the lines of the palm to determine your character and life
experiences. One type of palmistry attempts to tell your future by reading the lines on
the palm of your hand. Another type of palmistry tries to read the strengths
and weaknesses of your personality from the shape of your hand. Other
forms of fortune telling include the observation of the wind currents and cloud
formation, interpreting the damage when a hatchet is smacked into a table,
reading smoke, tea leaves or coffee grinds, reading the holes or mold in
cheese, and even interpreting the lines in your belly button.
A psychic is someone who claims to have paranormal or
supernatural powers that he or she uses to answer your questions or make
observations about you. The psychic might simply look you over and start
talking, or they may use props or aids such as tarot cards, astrological
charts, your palm, or pieces of jewelry or metal that have been against your
skin. Readings can focus on issues of the past, present or future and are offered in
various degrees of detail and complexity.
Visiting a psychic
can be a lot of fun. How much of it you take seriously is up to
you. However, it can be interesting
to hear what someone who doesn’t know you has to say about you and about your
life. Most people who take psychics seriously often don’t use them for
predicting the future, but use them as an
aid in expanding the way they view themselves and / or their
possibilities for the future. They see fortunetellers as advice or
suggestion givers, rather than actually predicting what will happen in the
future.
1. Comprehension
Questions:
1. What is fortune telling?
2. What are some common methods of fortune telling?
3. What can a gypsy fortuneteller do?
4. What is palmistry?
5. What are some other forms of fortune telling?
6. What is a psychic?
7. What props might a psychic use?
8. What kinds of issues can psychic reading focus on?
9. What is up to you when you visit a psychic?
10. What do most people who take psychics
seriously often use them for?
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Try to guess the meaning of the highlighted words and
phrases from the context. Check with your dictionary or your teacher
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KEY :Comprehension Questions:
1. What is fortune telling? It
2. What are some common methods of fortune telling?
3. What can a gypsy fortuneteller do? They can see your future throughout a crystal ball
4. What is palmistry?It is
5. What are some other forms of fortune telling?
6. What is a psychic? A person who claims to have supernatural powers
7. What props might a psychic use?
8. What kinds of issues can psychic reading focus on?
9. What is up to you when you visit a psychic? Taking the visit to a psychic really seriously
10. What do most people who take psychics seriously often use them for? They usually use them as an aid in expanding the way they view themselves and / or their possibilities for the future
10. What do most people who take psychics seriously often use them for? They usually use them as an aid in expanding the way they view themselves and / or their possibilities for the future
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