Poetic Poltergeist

One evening, Dona Winters accidentally left her computer on when she went to bed When she came down again the next morning, she found there was a message on the screen, a kind of poem. She thought it was a joke, of course, even though her family insisted they knew nothing about it. Just to check it out, she borrowed a different computer from a friend and left that in the kitchen, as before. This time, she locked the door. In the morning, another message had appeared This time the language was in old-fashioned Elizabethan English. At around the same time she also noticed signs of other activity in the kitchen. Kitchen utensils and appliances were constantly being moved around, and strange noises often came from the kitchen when nobody was in there

Fish Falls

Australia's most recent "fish fall" occurred in February 1997 at a cattle station in the arid country of South Australia. There had been no rain for several weeks, and the countryside was as dry as a bone for miles in every direction. One afternoon there was a sudden thunderstorm. As the rain started to ease, Sarah Milden and her family heard a loud cackling of birds outside in the fields. They looked out of the window to find a great number of crows feasting on thousands of little fish They were small freshwater fish, all of them still alive when they landed They were soon eaten up by the crows. There have been seventy reported fish falls in Australia over the last 120 years.

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is the art of leading a person into the state of mental and physical relax­ation in order to communicate with their subconscious mind. Most people can be hypnotized if they are willing to accept and follow sugges­tions. But it is true that some people cannot be hypnotized successfully.

Hypnosis can be used to recall past events, both in this lifetime and in previous lifetimes. It can also be used to change bad habits like smoking or overeating or to change the way you feel, for example, to increase joy and happiness. Recalling past lives can help you in various ways. It can help you to discover the reasons for your fears, or reasons for recurring dreams. It can also help to explain aspects of your personality.

One woman who was overweight discovered that she had died of starvation and was now subconsciously compensat­ing for it. Another example is a woman who had a terrible fear of enclosed spaces and was unable to enter a tunnel or an elevator. When she regressed to a past life, she found that she had been buried alive in a coffin. Once she knew the reason for her fear, she was able to let go of it completely.

Hypnosis is not dangerous at all! Your body is relaxed, your mind is aware and awake. Your eyes are closed, and you see and feel that you are in a different time and place. You are able to talk and answer questions about your experience. It is most successful when guided by an expert, but it can often be successful when guided by a recording.

Ex. 2. Translate into English the word combinations from the text

умственное и физическое расслабление, подсознание, воссоздать прошедшие события, изменить вредные привычки, обнаружить причину страхов, восстанавливать сон, умереть от голода, входить в лифт, проводимый экспертом.