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The Placebo Effect

 Outline      A placebo is something that has no real medicine in it. It called "sugar pills" too. Dr. Beecher was worried that an operation of a soldier without morphine. He had been in a battle and was hurt very badly, but Dr. Beecher had no more morphine because it is a very powerful drug. A nurse injected the soldier with a saline solution and she told him that she was giving morphine. However, he relaxed immediately and said he felt very little pain.       Doctor's clothes have similar effect to placebo. Wearing a white coat may increase the confidence of even new doctor. On the other hand, it could raise their blood pressure and cause them to prescribe unnecessary medications.      The placebo effect is not always a positive effect. Scientists called it "nocebo effects". Most medicines have side effects, it means negative effects. Although placebo are not actual medicine, they also can have side effects. Impression      I've already know about a placeb
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The Pearl

      Kino and Juana lived in a poor fishing village, and they had a baby boy named Coyotito.      One day, Kino was looking for pearls in the sea to pay for Coyotito, who had been bitten by a large scorpion. He found an unprecedentedly large pearl. Fortunately, the future of the Kino family should have been bright.  He went to a dealer in town to sell pearls, but he was told that it was too big and worthless, and he took it home again.      On that night, someone sneaks into Kino's house for the pearl and stabs him to death at the end of the fight.      This story seems to be happy and fortunate story at first glance, but it is not. On the contrary, all the bad things happen just as the pearls brought bad luck. I feel a little sad. The Pearl (Penguin Modern Classics) 著者 : Mr JohnSteinbeck Penguin Classics 発売日 : 2000-09-07 ブクログでレビューを見る»

The Turn of the Screw

      People who stayed in a mansion tell a ghost story one by one like a hundred stories. The title "The turn of the screw" is taken from the line "I want to hear a sophisticated story".      One of them begins to read the story of a letter from a woman who was once her tutor. She is asked by a person to live in a tutor in his mansion. In the mansion, which should have only the owner's nephew and niece, as well as a housekeeper and a servant, she sees an unidentified man shortly after taking office. It was the beginning of a horrifying experience.      When I read this story at first, I thought this is interesting and such stories don't exist in Japan. My favorite scene is last, a tutor fought with a ghost for a young boy. The content of this story is good, but illustrations are dreadful, I recommend if you like horror stories and pictures. *TURN OF THE SCREW PGRN3 (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) 著者 : HenryJames Pearson Education ESL 発売日 : 2000-03-28 ブクロ

The Black Cat

      He has a gentle and kind personality and has loved animals since he was young. After he married to his wife, who loves animals, he has kept a wide variety of animals. Their clever and beautiful black cat Pluto, was his favorite. However, after a while, he drowned in alcohol and have temper tantrum. When he was in a bad mood, he started hitting his wife and abusing animals.        Nevertheless, he didn't strike his favorite Pluto. However, one day, when he was bitten by Pluto when he handled it roughly, he scraped off one eye of Pluto.  Pluto eventually recovered, but Pluto began to avoid him as any other animal do. At first he was sad because Pluto avoided him, but eventually his feelings were filled with tantrums.        Finally, he hung a rope around Pluto's neck and hung it on a tree to kill him. Then that night, his house was hit by a sudden fire and all his property was burned.      I couldn't believe he has changed so drastically. I have some black cats in my pa

My Family and Other Animals

The main character is Gerald, a 10-year-old Darrell family member. He is the author of this book and this is a true story. In England, there are often conversations such as "Is this the year of summer?" That year would have been a year without summer. It is a story when the Darrell family moved from England to Greece, which has a bad climate even though it is summer. Gerald is an animal lover and makes a fuss all over the house because of insects, snakes and birds he brings home. The people of Corfu Island in Greece who appear are also quite unique, but the people of the Darrell family are also unique. Gerald's mother allowed to evacuate to the bath at home by Gerald's request when his snakes were about to die in the heat. She is kind but strange.If I was her, I'll never allow to do. Also Gerald's brothers and sisters, Larry, Leslie, and Margo, are also unique and quite interesting. If you have such a pleasant family, I would like to have a family r

Ring of Bright Water

     It depicts the life of an author and otters in a cottage called Camusfearna, a remote Scottish country.      At the bereavement of his dog Johnnie, Gavin Maxwell comes up with the idea of keeping an otter. His first one was in Arab and he was Chahala. However, Maxwell didn't know about Arab fish and how to catch them, so he fed a bird that ate a poisoned fish, and Chahala died soon.      Next was really familiar with Maxwell called Mijbil and enjoyed the nature of Scotland, but he was killed by a heartless man.      Third one is Edal from Africa. This otter was taken over by a couple he met by chance.        Even before I was born, my parents had some cats at home. I used to live with a cat, but I have been feeling lonely since I started living alone when I entered university.       When I was at my parents' house, there were countless encounters and farewells with cats. I felt like an eternal farewell, especially when a cat I beloved was hospitalized in a car accident, an

Food for Thought

     A friend who had promised to hang out during the summer vacation had girlfriend, and Joe, who had spare time, got a call from his uncle Dave. He injured his arm and asked for help with a farm run. At first he thought he would turn it down, but when he realized that there was a beach near Dave's farm that was suitable for surfing, he decided to go and help.      However, a farm that grows genetically modified corn will be created in the immediate vicinity of Dave's farm that grows vegetables organically. GM crops are dangerous, Anna, who works on Dave's farm, warned.      Joe and Kate, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ladock, who runs the next farm, became friends and went surfing.His uncle and Anna were worried about Joe. Anna planned to ruin the farm next to her with her friends, and invited Joe. He declined, but he promised Anna not to say anything else.      Anna and the others were called by the police, and Kate and Mr. and Mrs. Ladock criticized why Joe didn't tel