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1. You can't just …………… and choose the bits you want to believe in. You have to take it as a whole.

2. Personally, I …………… by this shampoo. It certainly got rid of my dandruff!

3. I don't want to be treated differently to anyone else just because my dad's the boss! I want to be …………… on my results.

4. A recent survey has …………… that the traditional British nuclear family is less and less common.

5. I work for a charity …………… to helping people with learning difficulties.

6. That film is amazing! It's …………… on genius!

7. I don't know why, but my son has recently …………… all these horrible American slang words!

8. If you ask me, the media have …………… the number of deaths. They always blow things up out of all proportion.

Exercise 9. Discuss these ideas with a partner.

1. Do you believe in any of these things?

• conspiracy theories

• feng shui

• fortune telling

• ghosts

• karma

• horoscopes

• out-of-body experience

• palm reading

• reincarnation

• UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects)

• telepathy

• the power of crystals

2. Do you know anybody who does?

Exercise 9. You will hear the story of Jane Allison who joined the Unification Church – the Moonies.

1. Put the events of Jane’s story in the correct order.

A Jane did a three-week course with the Moonies in Kent ( )

B Jane left the Moonies ( )

C Jane rang a friend to ask for help ( )

D Jane started to spend time with them at the weekends ( )

E Jane started working full time for Moonies ( )

F Jane and her friends went to a Moonie meeting for fun ( )

G Jane turned eighteen ( )

H Jane’s parents told her to stop seeing the Moonies ( )

I The Moonies invited Jane to become a member of their ( )

organisation ( )

2. Retell the story in detail using the plan above.

3. Discuss the following, using evidence from the story, the box below and your own ideas.

• Why do you think the Moonies waited until Jane was 18 before inviting her to join them?

• Why do you think Jane became a member and why did her parents object?

THE MOONIES The organisation, also known as the Unification Church, has 2-3 million members worldwide and about 500 in Britain. Its leader Sun Myung Moon was born in Korea in 1920. The first Moonie centres were set up in Britain and the USA in the 1960s. Moonies must not drink alcohol, smoke or have sex before marriage. Moon, who calls himself the Lord of the Family, claims Jesus appeared to him in a vision and asked him to continue his work on the Earth. Moon says in his book ‘The Divine Principle’ that Jesus died before he could get married and therefore failed to have a perfect family. He claims that he and his wife, known in the group as ‘The True Parents’ are putting this right.

4. What is the difference between being in a group like the Moonies and being a member of an established religious group like the Roman Catholic Church? Discuss these points:

• How new and how big is the group?

• Who chooses the leader?

• Is it easy to get clear information about the group?

• Can non-believers participate?

• Do members have to work full-time?

• Are members brainwashed? Is it easy to leave?

5. Roleplay a conversation between Jane and a friend who is trying to get her leave the Moonies.