1. Unit 11
The Power of the Mind

2. READING AND SPEAKING

3. A. Warm up 1. getting a paper cut 2. breaking your leg
burning your finger on the stove
stepping on a piece of glass
hitting your elbow on a table
having a pebble in your shoe

4. B. Read a. new pain medications
b. differences between moderate and severe pain
c. how our thoughts affect pain
d. Volunteers’ experiences with heat

5. Vocabulary
痛,疼痛;痛苦
增加;增強
設備,儀器,裝置 信號

6. Vocabulary
中等的,適度的
嚴密的;劇烈的
期待;預期
特定的

7. C. Read again. 1. Paragraph 2: Volunteers for the Study
Researching Pain and the Brain
Heating Devices and Scientific Research

8. C. Read again. 2. Paragraph 3: Believe Your Doctor Our Active Brains
The Link between Expectations and Pain

9. D. Discuss
1. Would you volunteer to be in a study like the one in the reading? Why or Why not?

10. D. Discuss
2. Now you know that our expectations can control how much pain we feel. How can you use this information in your life?

11. D. Discuss
3. Do you think your expectations control anything else in your life? Explain.

12. VOCABULARY

13. A. Identify d h b f b. a sound or movement that gives information
increases
device
signal
weak
moderate
severe
particular
expectations f
b. a sound or movement that gives information
d. makes or becomes bigger
f. not very strong
h. a tool designed to do a special job

14. A. Identify d h b g a f c e a. very strong c. certain; specific
increases
device
signal
weak
moderate
severe
particular
expectations g a f c e
a. very strong
c. certain; specific
e. what you think will happen
g. not very weak or strong, not very big or small, etc.

15. B. Practice 1. I have a terrible cold. I feel really and tired.
2. I have a headache. My head hurts so much that I can’t open my eyes.
3. I’m feeling pain in my leg. It hurts, but it doesn’t hurt a lot
weak
severe
moderate

16. B. Practice
4. I always see a doctor at he clinic. Her name is Dr. Philips.
5.The pain in my foot when it rains. So I have to take more pain medication in rainy weather.
particular
increases

17. B. Practice 6. A smoke detector is an important
for any home. It gives a when there is a fire.
7. The test was different from my
. It was easy, not difficult.
device
signal
expectations