Answers

Weird and Wonderful

1. The movie Maha Ut inspired the kids in Khon Kaen to get tattoos done.
2. False. Blue and black are the easiest colours to remove.
3. The laser causes the tattoo colours to break into smaller particles.
4. Tylenol.

Karaoke Korner

1. Daniel K's debut album is called Positive Energy.
2. Daniel K is German.
3. "Und jetzt ist schluss" translates into "And now it's over."
4. The singer's ex-girlfriend is driving him crazy.
5. Possible answers: traffic, homework, being unable to sleep, parents complaining at you.

Easy Exercises

1. This school is located in Mae Sot, Tak province.
2. The parents have to buy children's school uniforms, stationery and books.
3. b. They don't have the official papers needed to attend.
4. The Karen and Burmese master the languages of their homelands by singing.
5. Joh was jealous of the other school children because he couldn't attend school.

University Entrance Examination Tips

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d. School authorities did not ask the spirits of the forest for permission to clear the forest.
h. The school used tractors to clear a forest nearby.
l. Students at the school developed the strange symptoms. Several students acted strangely, spoke impolitely and threatened to hurt themselves.
m. Two Matayom 3 students said they felt dizzy and as if someone was pressing down on their chests.
i. They collapsed.
a. They saw a bald man wearing black glasses and very old clothes.
k. They woke up.
c. Doctors couldn�t find anything wrong with them.
g. Sunthorn Riewleung, the provincial governor sent a letter apologising to the spirits and asking them to stop haunting villagers and students.
f. A religious ceremony to drive away evil spirits was held at Baan Thab Sawai school in Huai Thalaeng.
b. Eleven-year-old Nong Nam screamed crazily in her house near the school.
j. Two Brahmin priests helped her to recover.
e. The director of Baan Thab Sawai school, Thaem Sithaisong said nobody there knew what to do about the situation.

2. b.
3. b.
4. b.
5. a.
6. b.
7. This depends on the students� opinions.

8.
bizarre�weird
sign�ceremony
very angry�berserk
threaten�menace
act�behave,
attack�fit
dizzy�light-headed
symptom�sign
witness�observe
raze�demolish