Indonésios recorrem à 'trilhoterapia'

People suffering from various ailments in Indonesia's capital Jakarta have been using an unusual - and potentially deadly therapy.

They claim lying on train tracks allows an electric current to pass through their bodies curing a variety of illnesses.

The trains are in fact powered by overhead lines. Despite this – and the obvious dangers – some believe it is the best, and most affordable remedy.

Pessoas que sofrem de vários tipos de doenças em Jacarta, na Indonésia, estão lançando mão de uma terapia pouco usual e potencialmente mortífera.

Eles alegam que deitar em linhas de trem faz que com a corrente elétrica passe por seus corpos, curando diversas doenças.

Os trens são, na verdade, movidos por linhas de transmissão elétricas. E apesar disso, e dos perigos óbvios, muitos acreditam que esse é o melhor e mais acessível remédio.

ailments: doenças

therapy: terapia

claim: alegam

curing: curando

remedy: remédio

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1. They _________ to be a variety of different nationalities and speak English with a foreign accent.

2. New European Union rules have come into force banning hundreds of traditional herbal _______________. The EU law aims to protect consumers from possible damaging side-effects of over-the-counter herbal medicines.

3. It also showed that many chose the wrong drugs to tackle common _________.

4. Music __________ can be used to improve treatment of depression, at least in the short term, say researchers in Finland.

5. Church-appointed doctors agreed that there was no medical explanation for the _______ of the nun.

1. They claim to be a variety of different nationalities and speak English with a foreign accent.
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4. Music therapy can be used to improve treatment of depression, at least in the short term, say researchers in Finland.
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5. Church-appointed doctors agreed that there was no medical explanation for the curing of the nun.

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