Palm Surgery to Change Your Future (19thJuly, 2013)
People in Japan are having surgery on their hands to change
their future. The Japanese are bigbelievers in palm reading. They
spend a lot of money on visiting palm readers. A cheaper
palmreading costs around $70. Many people are unhappy with the
lines on their palms. They thin
some of the lines mean a part of their future will be bad. They
are having an operation to changethe length and shape of the lines
because they hope this will give them a brighter future.
Theoperation taes !ust "# minutes and costs about $"000. The doctor
uses an electric scalpel toburn a line on the palm of the hand. %t
leaves a scar that taes a month to heal. The line loos liea
money&luc line happiness line or love line.
There are many doctors who say changing the lines on your palm
does not wor. They say itcannot change your future because it isn't
natural. (ubodh )upta a palm reader from *ondonagrees. +e said, -%
read about this surgery and % was very surprised. ven by having
surgery thelines cannot be changed.- +e added, -%f you want to
improve your fortune tae physical actions.
(o if you want greater health do some e/ercise.- +owever people
who have had the surgery sayit has changed their life. A Toyo
surgeon said he gave a female patient a wedding line and shegot
married soon after. +e said two other patients won the lottery
after he made their fortune linelonger.
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1. TRU ! F"#S$ead the headline. )uess if a&h below are true
1T2 or false 132.
a. People are having operations on their hands to change their
life. T4 3
b. An e/pensive palm reading costs about $70. T 4 Fc. People are
changing the length but not the shape of their palm lines. T 4 Fd.
The lines from the surgery tae four wees to heal. T4 3e. 5octors
and a palm reader don't thin the surgery can wor. T4 3f. A palm
reader said only taing action can change your future. T4 3g. A
surgeon said none of the lives of any of his patients have changed.
T 4 Fh. Two people bought lottery ticets but didn't win the
lottery. T 4 F
2. SY%&%Y' '"TC$Match the following synonyms from the
article.
". surgery g. an operation
6 brighter a. better. !ust i. only8. heal !. recover#. loos lie
c. resembles9. wor d. get results7. natural h.. normal:. improve f.
boost;. surgeon e. doctor "0. won b. scooped
3. PR"S '"TC$ 1(ometimes more than one choice is possible.2
". having surgery on their hands g. to change their future6 big
believers e. in palm reading. they hope this will give them a. a
brighter future8. %t leaves i. a scar #. taes a month c. to heal9.
it cannot change your future d. because it isn't natural7. % read
about this surgery and % !. was very surprised:. improve your b.
fortune;. if you want greater health h. do some e/ercise"0. won the
f. lottery
