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| |  Paul McKenna, hypnotist Paul McKenna is a hypnotist. In fact, he's one of Britain's best known hypnotists. He mesmerises people into doing extraordinary things and he's used his hypnotic powers to help people stop smoking, lose weight and even overcome their phobias. You can find out more about the language of this week's programme, below.
Vocabulary from the programme relaxation ways of resting and enjoying yourself e.g. I go walking for relaxation meditation the practice of thinking deeply in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to make your mind calm reverie a state of thinking about pleasant things, almost as though you are dreaming archetypal having all the important qualities and characteristics that make somebody or something a typical example of a particular kind of person or thing e.g. The Beatles were the archetypal pop group malevolent intentions having or showing a desire to harm other people esoteric likely to be understood or enjoyed by only a few people with a special knowledge or interest sceptical having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that something will happen e.g. I am sceptical about his chances of winning Extras  Programme script (pdf - 21 k) Download this programme (mp3 - 2.8 MB) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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