Palm Surgery to Change Your Future (19

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July, 2013)
People in Japan are having surgery on their hands to change their future. The Japanese are big
believers in palm reading. They spend a lot of money on visiting palm readers. A cheaper palm
reading 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 change
the length and shape of the lines because they hope this will give them a brighter future. The
operation taes !ust "# minutes and costs about $"$000. The doctor uses an electric scalpel to
burn a line on the palm of the hand. %t leaves a scar that taes a month to heal. The line loos lie
a money&luc line$ happiness line or love line.
There are many doctors who say changing the lines on your palm does not wor. They say it
cannot change your future because it isn't natural. (ubodh )upta$ a palm reader from *ondon$
agrees. +e said, -% read about this surgery and % was very surprised. .ven by having surgery$ the
lines 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 say
it has changed their life. A Toyo surgeon said he gave a female patient a wedding line and she
got married soon after. +e said two other patients won the lottery after he made their fortune line
longer.
1. TRU ! F"#S$ 0ead 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. T 4 3
b. An e/pensive palm reading costs about $70. T 4 F
c. People are changing the length but not the shape of their palm lines. T 4 F
d. The lines from the surgery tae four wees to heal. T 4 3
e. 5octors and a palm reader don't thin the surgery can wor. T 4 3
f. A palm reader said only taing action can change your future. T 4 3
g. A surgeon said none of the lives of any of his patients have changed. T 4 F
h. Two people bought lottery ticets but didn't win the lottery. T 4 F
2. SY%&%Y' '"TC($ Match the following synonyms from the article.
". surgery g. an operation
6 brighter a. better
7. !ust i. only
8. heal !. recover
#. loos lie c. resembles
9. wor d. get results
7. natural h.. normal
:. improve f. boost
;. surgeon e. doctor
"0. won b. scooped
3. P(R"S '"TC($ 1(ometimes more than one choice is possible.2
". having surgery on their hands g. to change their future
6 big believers e. in palm reading
7. they hope this will give them a. a brighter future
8. %t leaves i. a scar
#. taes a month c. to heal
9. it cannot change your future d. because it isn't natural
7. % 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