5.10.11

Revision-Extra Pages on Personality


Personality


Extra Vocabulary and Activities 1

Extra Vocabulary and Activities 2

Extra Vocabulary and Activities 3

Extra Vocabulary and Activities 4

Initial Reading Exam with Key

READING WITH KEY



VETERINARIANS TRY ACUPUNCTURE


As alternative approaches like acupuncture and herbal (0) REMEDIES (Example) have moved into the mainstream for humans, veterinarians have made those same techniques (1) INCREASINGLY available for pets.
Animal-care officials say pet owners have been convinced by their own positive experiences that their pets should also enjoy the (2) BENEFITS of alternative techniques.
“Seeing is believing,” said Ms Wortman, a pets hospital administrator, standing near a row of scented candles on the new clinic reception desk.
A Japanese fountain, soft lights and walls painted in soft tones increase the calming atmosphere of the clinic, which has a 24-hour-a-day (3) EMERGENCY room for pets.
The renovations have a (4) THERAPEUTIC effect on pets and it is just as important to create a setting where owners also (5) FEEL relaxed.
Still the push for the new treatments – also known as holistic or complementary medicine – has not come so much from vets, whose medical training is still acquired in the rigours of the Western scientific tradition. Despite broadening acceptance, alternative medicine for animals faces (6) SKEPTICISM.
The American Veterinary Medical Association said in recent guidelines on alternative medical techniques for animals that the organization is “open to their consideration.” But it stressed that the quality of research into different methods varies, saying some practices “may (7) DIFFER from current scientific knowledge.”
An animal acupuncturist said one positive experience with alternative techniques can be enough to convince (8) DOUBTERS. Ms Chartrand treats her cat with aromatherapy when she gets sick. “I do holistic things for my body. So I thought, (9) HOW exciting that they’re doing this for animals.”