Alternatives

1. ANSWER KEY TO
ALTERNATIVE
HOMEWORK

2. 1. Give one example of
the placebo effect
 Four placebo sugar pills a day will clear up an
illness quicker than two sugar pills
 An injection is a more effective treatment for
pain than a pill
 Green pills are more effective for stress than
red pills
 Brand packaging on painkillers increases pain
relief
 (Paragraph 2)

3. 2. Give three health problems
which placebos may be suitable for
 Back pain
 Stress at work
 Medically unexplained fatigue
 Most common colds
 (Paragraph 3)

4. 3. Mention one example of the bad
practices of some homeopaths
 Some homeopaths have given patients sugar
pills to protect them against fatal diseases like
malaria but have not given basic advice on
prevention.
 Some homeopaths have given dangerous
advice on vaccines.
 (Paragraph 5)

5. 4. Why does Jeanette Winterson
believe in homeopathy?
 She once had a temperature of 39C, spots on
her throat and delirium. She tried a remedy
called Lachesis, made from snake venom.
Four hours later, she had no symptoms at all.
 She once was very sick and she tried
homeopathic medicine. It worked for her.
 (Paragraph 1)

6. 5. How do people criticize
homeopathy?
 They say it’s nonsense., without clinical proof
or scientific basis, worthless, potentially lethal.
(Paragraph 2)
 They criticize it because it’s so diluted that it
must be useless.
(Paragraph 5)

7. 6.Mention one of the improvements
that should be made to the field
 She’d like to see homeopathy better regulated.
 She’d like to see homeopaths debating
publicly with their critics.
 She’d like to see homeopaths initiating more
research.

8. Writing A Proposal
 Introducing background information
 Providing reasons
 Stating the aim
 Introducing your proposal
 Giving opinions and reactions with reasons
 Concluding

9.  Originally (adv.) = เดิมที
 Wonder (v.) = สงสัย
 Recommend (v.) =
แนะนำ
 Skeptical (adj.) = ลังเล
สงสัย
 Patient (n.) = คนไข้
 Deceive (v.) =หลอก
 Rely on (v.) = พึ่งพำ
 Bet (n.) = กำรพนัน
 Doubt (v.) = สงสัย
 Masseur (n.) = หมอนวด
 Heal (v.) = เยียวยำ รักษำ
 Tense (adj.) = ตึง
 Subconscious (adj.) =
ใต้สำนึก
 Appendix (n.) = ไส้ติ่ง