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How many tablets do you take. We all take tablets for headaches and other illnesses. But are they really necessary. The bit drug companies make the drugs and tablets that we buy to fight our health problems. But could it be possible thet many of these drugs and tablets areonly good for the bank balances of the drug companies and thet there are better ways for us to ge over our health problems? Accordring to some exprts ,we should use the power of our minds. Since the 1950s there have been experiments using placebos. Placebos are tablets which do not have an effect on the body, so they shouldn't be able to make us better. In the experiments some patients in the group receive real drugs for a health problem, while others receive the placebo. No one knows who has the real drug or who has the placebo. In a significant number of these experiments the patients who haven't receivedthe real drug get better ! People think this is perhaps because they are thinking positively and believe they will get better - so they do ! So, can we ' think ' ourselves better ? Perhaps the big drugs companies should start worrying !

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- friendly atmosphere; - lots of computers; - hard-working stodents; - good sports facilities; - modem classrooms.**
 * Imagine that you have to give a talk about the school or college where you study to some visitors. How do you think what makes a good school? Include this information:

Dear ladies and gentlemen! We are happy to welcome you in our school and we'd like to show you all the facilities we have and to tell about our school life. To begin with, I'd like to mention that our school is not new and it has its traditions. It was built more than twenty years ago. The classrooms of our school are light, spacious and comfortable. They are equipped with all possible up-to-date facilities such as computers, video and interactive blackboards. There are laboratories for studying Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Our school has computer class where schoolchildren learn to use the Internet and to create their first computer programmers and projects on different subjects. There is an excellent library which contains various types of encyclopedias and dictionaries, books of classical and modern writers. There is a large Assembly Hall for concerts and theatrical performances. There are some studios such as Drama Studio, Literary Club and Dance Studio which pupils can attend after classes. The pupils participate in concerts and Art festivals which are held in our school every year. The school has a big gym. As you can see, there are all the facilities for getting good education in our school. Our pupils are hard-working, always participate in different educational quizzes and contests and they achieve good results. Experienced teachers help to create friendly atmosphere for studying. They prepare the schoolchildren for taking exams to enter the best universities in our country. To sum up, I should say that studying in our school is a hard work and a real pleasure.