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An English adage says, "laughter is the best medicine". In these troubling times, good humour is in
need more than ever. Doctors and medical staff are taking heed of this and incorporating it into their
care treatments. One product of this is the emergence of clown doctors and healthcare clowns in
hospitals around the globe. There is even an organisation that sets standards. The European
Federation of Healthcare Clowns Organisations was established in 2011. It says: "Healthcare clowns
bring moments of happiness and distraction to children who are ill or who have special
needs....Clowns also bring smiles to vulnerable adults, including seniors and people with dementia
who are in hospital care."

Healthcare clowns are becoming especially popular in Israel, which is considered a world leader in the
field. The first university ever to offer a Bachelor's degree in medical clowning was Haifa University, in
2007. One healthcare clown in Jerusalem, Leah Weiss, decided to divert her inner clown to help patients
after a COVID-19 ward opened in March. She said she knew the clown in her would have therapeutic
benefits for her patients. She wants to reduce their anxiety and improve their wellbeing. She enjoys working
alongside doctors and said: "Obviously, the doctors, they take care of the body. And we come in and take
care of the soul. And it integrates together - the doctors understand this."

Vocabulary

1. taking heed of a. A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to
something else.
      incorporating b. A serious disorder of the mental processes caused by brain
 2. disease or injury and marked by memory disorders,
personality changes, and poor reasoning.
      emergence c. Paying attention to.
 3.
      standards d. Combining different things into one.
 4.
      distraction e. Required or agreed levels of quality.
 5.
      vulnerable f. Of a person in need of special care, support, or protection
 6. because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect.
      dementia g. The process of coming into being, or of becoming important.
 7.

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       considered h. A feeling of great worry, nervousness, or unease.

8.
       degree i. Having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a
9. sense of well-being.
       divert j. A separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a
10. particular type of patient.
       ward k. Thought to be.
11.
       therapeutic l. Combines one thing with another so that they become a
12. whole.
       anxiety m. An academic qualification given by a college or university
13. after a course of study.
       integrates n. Cause something to change course or turn from one direction
14. to another.

 
NAMA : GUSTI ARYA GUMELAR

NIM : P17230194098

ANSWER

VOCABULARY

1. C . Paying attention to.

2. D. Combining different things into one.
3. G. The process of coming into being, or of becoming important
4. E. Required or agreed levels of quality.
5. A. A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something
else.
6. B. A serious disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or
injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and poor
reasoning.
7. F. Of a person in need of special care, support, or protection because of
age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect.

PARAGRAF II

8. K. Thought to be
9. M. An academic qualification given by a college or university after a
course of study.
10. N. Cause something to change course or turn from one direction to
another.
11. J. A separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular
type of patient.
12. I. Having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of
well-being.
13. H. A feeling of great worry, nervousness, or unease.
14. L. Combines one thing with another so that they become a whole