Welcome to the sixth and final episode in our series about the senses. If you have a sixth sense, you may have predicted this topic!
In past episodes, we’ve looked at vocabulary connected to sight, sound, touch and smell. In this episode, you’ll learn vocabulary connected to the sixth sense.
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The Sixth Sense
The term sixth sense typically refers to a perceptual ability beyond the five traditional senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell). It suggests an extra-sensory perception (ESP), such as the ability to sense danger, read thoughts, or foresee future events without using the known senses.
People might say someone has a sixth sense if they seem to “just know” something without being told—like sensing that someone is upset, or feeling that something bad is going to happen.
Do you believe that some people possess a sixth sense? It’s often claimed that mothers have a sense sixth as regards their children’s feelings or wellbeing.
Some vocabulary
Intuition – immediate understanding without conscious reasoning
In what ways can intuition be more reliable than logic?
Premonition – a strong feeling that something is about to happen
Presentiment – an intuitive feeling about a future event
Clairvoyance – the supposed ability of a clairvoyant to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact (psychic)
Mind reader – a person who supposedly knows what another is thinking despite receiving no sensory information
Telepathy – the ability to read or communicate thoughts without speaking
Prophetic – accurately describing or predicting the future
Déjà vu – the feeling that you’ve already experienced something, even when you haven’t
To have a hunch – I had a hunch that she wasn’t telling the whole truth.
Gut feeling – My gut feeling told me not to trust him, even though he seemed nice.
Have you ever had a gut feeling that turned out to be true?
Mind’s eye – the ability to imagine or visualise something mentally
Perception – the way something is understood or interpreted
Heightened awareness – an increased state of alertness or sensitivity
Subconscious – the part of the mind that influences actions without awareness
It’s all in the mind – used when someone’s perceptions are not real
Discussion
Can animals have a sixth sense? Why might they sense danger before humans do?
It’s often said that women are more intuitive than men. Do you agree?
How much of the full capacity of the human brain has actually been harnessed?
…and now it’s your turn to practise your English. Do you think the sixth sense exists? Do you have any examples or any anecdotes to tell us?
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