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Unit 1
Unit 1
Life Choices
Lesson 2
Understanding and Coping with Stress
To read and talk about understanding and coping with stress.
To listen and read for general understanding.
To listen for specific information and understanding words in context.
To learn about and practise expressing likes and dislikes.
To express other kinds of stress you often suffer from.
Look at the diagram. Do you find these situations stressful or relaxing Can you think of other similar situations
stressful
relaxing
Which word describes a positive and negative experience
She is studying for an exam.
Is studying stressful or relaxing
I find waiting for exam results very stressful.
Stressful or Relaxing
Study / Work
Leisure Activities
Social Situations
taking exams
meeting a friend in a café downtown
doing exercise
You are going to listen to a radio interview about stress. Tick ( ) the information you think will be discussed.
causes of stress
kinds of people suffering from stress
different levels of stress
stress and success
ways to reduce stress
______________________
Making a prediction is guessing what is going to be mentioned.
Before you listen, look at the title, pictures and key words to guess the types of information you will hear.
Use your general knowledge and personal experience to help you.
Making Predictions
Listen to the interview. Check your predictions. Write the aspects mentioned in the left column in Activity 4.
Which topics did Dr. King talk about
kinds of people suffering from stress
causes of stress
ways to reduce stress
Listen again. Take notes with detailed information in the right column. Then compare your notes with your partner.
kinds of people suffering from stress
causes of stress
ways to reduce stress
teachers, doctors, factory workers, newspaper editors, the police, the military
pressure from work or study
social situation (shy people)
organise work and studies
eat well
exercise often
talk to a friend, a teacher or family members
seek professional help
Listen again. Answer the questions.
When do students suffer from stress
2. What situations can be difficult for shy people
3. What is a good way to organise your work or studies
Students suffer from stress when they have too much homework and when they feel like they don’t have enough time to finish all their work.
Social situations, like going to parties, are difficult for shy people.
A good way to organise my work or study is to make a list and do all the important things first.
Dr. King is an expert on stress. In his talk, he believes everyone 1_____________ at some point in their lives, from teachers, doctors and factory workers to 2_________________. However, some jobs may be more stressful than others, like some 3___________ in the police or the 4____________. Dr. King thinks there are different causes of 5___________. But more often than not, it’s 6__________ pressure from work or study. Students with lots of homework can feel 7_____________ when they don’t have enough time to finish everything.
suffers from
Complete the summary with the words from the interview.
newspaper editors
positions
military
stress
due to
very stressed
Dr. King also discusses social pressure and how to some 8________ it can also cause stress. In particular, shy people can find social situations very stressful – like going to parties. Dr. King also suggests some ways to 9_________ stress and 10_________, for example, you can 11____________ your work or studies, you must eat well and exercise often and you can also talk to people about your problems. Dr. King ends his talk by advising people who become too stressed and can’t 12____________ properly to seek 13____________ help.
extent
reduce
tension
organise
function
professional
Listen to a student talking about plete the table.
EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES
Stressful Activities Relaxing Activities
doing exams
going to parties
talking in front of the class in French lessons
talking to friends
listening to music
reading
sitting around and doing nothing at all
Listen and plete the Talk Builder.
Expressing Likes and Dislikes
1. I really ________ doing exams.
2. I __________ going to parties very much.
3. I ___________ meeting people in small groups.
4. I ___________ talking in front of the class.
5. I _________ talking to my friends.
6. I _________ listening to music.
7. I _________ reading.
8. I _________ sitting and doing nothing!
love
like
enjoy
quite like
don’t mind
don’t like
can’t stand
hate
hate
don’t like
don’t mind
can’t stand
love
enjoy
like
quite like
Tell each other the kinds of stress you often suffer from. Then, share your experiences and the activities you like or dislike in coping with those stresses.
1. causes of stress
stress n. continuous feelings of worry about your work or personal life, that prevent you from relaxing
压力; 忧虑; 紧张
e.g. Your headaches are due to stress.
People under a lot of stress may experience headaches, and sleeping difficulties.
stressed adj. 焦虑不安的,感到有压力的
stressful adj. 产生压力的;压力重的
e.g. I always eat when I'm feeling stressed.
She's very good at coping in stressful situations.
2. kinds of people suffering from stress
suffer v. to experience physical or mental pain
遭受(痛苦)
suffer from (身体或精神上) 遭受……(痛苦)
e.g. She is suffering a lot of pain. (vt.)
I'm suffering from a bad back. (vi.)
e.g. Almost 50 percent of cancer sufferers are treated successfully.
The war will cause widespread human suffering.
sufferer n. 患病者,受苦者,受难者
suffering n. 疼痛, 痛苦,折磨
【语境应用】用suffer的正确形式填空。
1) A new drug may give new hope to thousands of cancer __________.
2) If you’re not happy with it, you should complain. Don’t just ________ in silence.
3) His friend has ________ from ill health for some years.
sufferers
suffer
suffered
reduce vt. to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price 缩小; 减少; 降低
3. ways to reduce stress
e.g. My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar.
It reduces the risks of heart disease.
The new bridge should reduce travelling time (from 50 minutes) to 15 minutes.
Costs on books have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
【语境应用】根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子(每空一词)。
1) Small businesses will need to ________ ________ (降低成本) in order to survive.
2) The number of workers ________ _______ _______ _______ (已被削减了) 40% in the last five months.
3) Alice has successfully ________ ________ ________ _______ (把她的体重减到了) 55 kilos in just three months.
reduce costs
has been reduced by
reduced her weight to
in other words: expressed in a different way; that is to say 换句话说
4. In other words, you can make a list and do all the important things first.
e.g. They asked him to leave — in other words he was fired.
in a word 简言之
have a word with sb 与某人谈话
have words with sb 与某人吵嘴
word for word 逐字地
keep / break one’s word 守信/失信
【语境应用】用word相关短语的适当形式填空。
1) So he is a fraud, a common thief ______________.
2) He __________________ so many times that I cannot trust him any more.
3) I have promised to be there at 7:00, so I must _______________.
4) Lucy repeated their conversation _______________ (逐字逐句) to me.
in other words
has broken his word
keep my word
word for word
I. 根据提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. Mary does well in high school and t__________ will get into a good college.
2. Lucy loves her job as a(n) __________ (编辑). She is careful and kind and all her workmates like her.
3. No working environment is e__________ stress-free. We have to learn to manage stress in our own way.
thus
editor
entirely
4. Don't __________ (寻求) happiness as a goal. Instead, make sure what you do from day to day provides a sense of meaning in life.
5. Holding a senior __________ (职位) in a large company, Mark usually works late and has no time to have dinner with his family.
6. Ma Long is a p__________ table tennis player in China. Since 2014, he has been the leader of the Chinese men's national table tennis team.
seek
position
professional
II. 选用方框内合适的内容并用其正确形式完成下面短文(每项限用一次,有一项多余)。
Exam time is a stressful time for many young people. I've failed to perform (发挥) to the best of my ability many times 1. ___________ the pressure. Here are some ways I've developed that can be helpful before an exam.
★Meditate (冥想)
Regularly (经常) practising meditation can help lower stress levels! A free app that I use is called “Smiling Mind”. It offers short meditations that help to clear your mind.
to be frank, due to, reduce, tension, suffer from, stand
due to
I use it to ease (缓解) my 2. _______________, and it's had a good influence.
★Listen to your favourite music
Listening to music you enjoy can help to 3. _______________ stress chemicals (化学物质) in your body and make you happy.
★Exercise
Exercise is a great way to deal with any stress that you may be 4. _______________. I find that exercising before an exam helps me to stay calm.
to be frank, due to, reduce, tension, suffer from, stand
tension
reduce
suffering from
★Sleep
Sleep is as important to our health as eating, drinking and breathing. A good night's sleep helps me to remember what I have learnt and plays an important role in my preparation for an exam.
5. _______________, it may not be easy to include all four of these ways, but I find they help me deal with examination stress as well as with everyday life.
to be frank, due to, reduce, tension, suffer from, stand
To be frank
What is your choice
Make a conversation according to Activity 9.