LESSON SIX

A. New Words
1. The boy is holding his breath. He can do it for about one minute.
What is the boy doing?
How long can he hold his breath?
2. We breathe through our nose. We breathe all the time.
Should we breathe through our mouth?
Can we stop breathing for a long time?
3. The horse is running very fast. Something has scared him.
Why is the horse running fast?
What has scared him?
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4. Tom ate the whole cake. He didn’t leave any for his sister.
Did Tom eat all the cake?
Did he leave anything for his sister?
5. Most of the time hiccups last only for a short time.
Do hiccups usually last long?
Do they usually stop after a short time?

HIC, HIC, HIC!
B. Reading
1 You never know when they’ll start. You’re reading. Or maybe you’re
playing. You’re minding your own business. All of a sudden you go hic!
A few seconds pass. You go hic again.
2 “Oh - oh! It’s the hiccups. I hope they go away soon!”
3 The hiccups aren’t an illness. They’re just something that happens.
One of the muscles that help you breathe starts jerking for no good
reason. And that’s when you hic. No, the hiccups are not an illness.
But they’re as unwelcome as a bad cold. They’re a big bother.
4 At first they may seem funny. You may be sitting in class. You keep
going hic, hic, hic. Your friends may start to giggle. Hic, hic, hic! What
if it doesn’t stop? Then it’s not so funny. If they go on too long, hiccups
can make you feel bad. They can make you feel as bad as any illness.
They can hurt!
5 Most people think they know how to stop hiccups. Just ask them. They’ll
tell you to hold your breath. Or they may tell you to breathe into a
paper bag for a few minutes. Or drink a whole glass of water while you
hold your breath. Or get someone to scare you by making a loud noise.
Some of these cures seem to work. You can try them. One of them
might help you.
6 Doctors can’t do much for the hiccups. There are a few medicines that
help to stop the hiccups sometimes. But most doctors just tell you to
wait. Wait till the hiccups go away. And that’s good advice, since most
of the time they last only a short while.
7 But Jack O’Leary1 wasn’t so lucky. He hiccupped about 160 million
hics before his hiccups went away. Mr. O’Leary holds the world’s record
for hiccupping. He hiccupped for eight years, from 1948 to 1956.
8 What finally cured him? I don’t know. Maybe he scared himself with
an extra loud HIC!

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