0 1 2 3No hardly moderate highstress anystress stress stress

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gettrngupear1yrn^themornmg

takrngexamshavingalottodospeakrngrnpublicbemgcntrc1sed

thesightofblooddriving

trafficJams

flying

havrngtroublewithcolleaguesatwork

badmanners

worrymgaboutbelng111meehngnewpeoplebeingassert1ve

beingshortofmoney

goingtothedentist

havrngtotellaliehv1ngalonecrowds

travelhngabroad

notbe'ngabletos^leep

_noise

TohelpyouunderstandwhatyourSTRESSSCOREmeans,lookatthetablabelow

SCORES

1-20 Youareveryrelaxedandcancopewithmostthings.You'reuseddealingwiths1tuationswh1chmostpeoplefindstressful.

21-40 M1ldlevelsofstressareactuallygoodforyouIfyouhadastress-freehfe.

youwouldprobablystophavmgfunButyoumayfinditdrff1culttofaceany·

th1ngoutoftheordtnary.

41-60 Th1smaybeawarningthatyouneedtoreducethestressyoufeelinevery­

dayhfeYou'reusedtolivmgafairlyroutinehfeandfeelstressattherdeaofsometh1ngnewBecareful'Stresscanbedangerous

Therearethreemaintechniquesusedforcopingwithstress.

1 Confrontthesituation:learntorecognrsethesrtuattonswhichcauseyoustressandth1nkaboutwhytheydoRememberthatdoingsometh1ngaboutstress•s1nthelongrunlessstressfulthandorngnothing.

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2 Avoidthesituation:forexample,ifyoufinditstressfultoworkinan01syenvironment,itmaybepossibletofindsomewhereelsetowork.It'seasytodecidewhichsituationstoconfrontandwhichonestoavoid.

3 Relax:stresscausestensionandtensioncausesstress.Findrelaxationtechniquesto

suityou.Trybreathingdeeplyorcountingtotenwhenyourecogniseastressfulsituation.

SkillDeveloping

Ex.12Workinpairs.Discussyouranswerstothequestionnairewithyourpartner.

Ihardlyeverfeelworriedaboutgoingtothedentist.Goingtothedentistcausesmehardlyanystress.

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Decidewhichofthethreetechniquesyoushouldadopttocopewiththesitua-tionswhichcauseyoustress.

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Ex.13LookatthesituationsInthequestionnaireagain.Tellyourpartnerwhatyou'reusedto.

I'musedtospeakinginpublic.I'musedtotrafficjams.

Ex.14Choosethethreemostimportantfeaturesforyouridealstudyorworkingenvironmentfromthelistbelow.

peaceandquietfreshair

goodlighting

airconditioningheating

aroomwithawindow

_{adesktoyourself}

acomfortablechairaroomtoyourselfplentyofspace

ano-smokingenv1ronmentfacilitiesformakingcoffeeorteasomewhereeasytogettofromhome

Ex.15WorkInpairs.Thinkaboutthelasttimeyoufeltyouwereunderstress.Wasitwhenyouwere...?

•inacar

•athome

•atworkIschool

_{•speakingEnglish}

Tellyourpartnerwhathappenedandwhyyoufeltunderstress,andhowyoucopedwiththesituation.

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.or r/tifl!l

1.ThinkaboutsituationswhichcauseyoustresswhenyouareusingEnglish.Wntea

paragraphdescribingthesituationsandwhatyououghttodo.

2 WntealetterIastoryinwhichyoudescribeadifficultIunpleasantIembarrassingsituationyouoncefoundyourselfinandhowyouhandledthesituation

Revlsiotla11dCo11solidatiot1

_{I.Putonewordineachspace.}

vtew	this	even	bring	about
itseemdoing	asIsince fromot	leadscauseelse	suchchangeother	updoestake

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Itisnowgenerallyrecognisedthatstressisamajor(1) ofheartdisease,andcontributes to many (2) illnesses.Stress isincreasedbyfactors(3) asworry,overworkandlackofexerciseorrelaxation.For(4)--,-,-,-:-;-­rsJUStasrmportantfromapsychologrcalpointof(5) torelaxasitistotakephysrcalexercise.Relaxing(6) notnecessarilymeanjustlaz1ngaboutand(7) nothing.Aboveall,thereshouldbesomefreedom(8) thetensionsofeverydaylife.andthismaymeangettingoutofthehouseandforgetting(9) bothdomestic andprofessionalworries. Some people cando(10) mosteasilythroughsport,thoughothersmay(11) suchac-tJvitleSJUStasseriouslyasanything(12) inlifeandbuild(13):-:---,---,.----,theirstresslevelsaccordrngly.Professionalsportsmenandwomensufferhighlevelsofstress (14) someenvironmentalfactorssuchasnoise.lightor(15) colourmayaffectstresslevelsitisgenerallyadvisabletohavea(16) ofsceneifyouwishtowinddownafteratryingday.Thebenefitsofaweekendaway.{17) tomentionanannualholiday,areconsiderable.andal­thoughtherearesomeindividualswhothriveonstress.and(18} toneeditsstimulus.formostofusover-work1ngorover-involvementindomesticproblems(19) toafeelingofexhaustion.andcan(20) onseveredepression.

_{II.Puteachofthefollowingwordsinitacorrectplaceinthepassagebelow.}

Smoking

_cra111ng

^-----:_pa^:_c^-_k^:_et^:=:---_c^-_h^-_ain-^:_s^-_m^:_o^;_ke^:-:=_stained^--=-=_pu^-_t^:_o^:_ut^:-----=_ha⁼_rmfu^-_l^-----,

'-"'ad,d"''c"'ti₀o₀n'------"'ant•social---"fa,ta,.l _,as,h"t"ra"-y"-s J

_{Tomanypeople.smokingisnotjustapleasure,itisan(1)::-::=:;--;,:-:-:}

Theyneedit,dependonit,can'tstopit.Iftheyhaven'ssmokedforsomehours.they

feela(2) foracigarette.Theyoften(3) .whichmeanstheylightan­

otherc1garette1mmed1atelytheyhave(4) theonebefore.Smokingisoftencon-

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sidered(5)sincemanypeopledon'tlikethesmellofcigarettesorthesightofthesmoker's(6)fingersor(7)fullofcigarette-ends.AboveaU,smokingis(8)tohealthandinmanycountriesawarningisprintedonevery(9)-:--::::-:

^{ofc1garettes.Sc1entistshaveprovedthatthereISal1nkbetweensmok1ngandadisease}

_{whichcanbe(10).cancer.}

Ill.Instructionsasabove.

Drinking

1sociao-ble-- sip

_{softdrinks --'s"ober -__--·ahalcno;-_ovl-,ecsr-·J}

"'------tipsLy

^teeto_·^tallers_---

^drunk. 0

DrinkmghabitsvarySomepeopledon'tdrinkalcoholatall,JUSt(1} likefruitJUiceTheyarecalled(2) Othersliketo(3) aglassofwineslowly,JUSttobe(4) .Othersliketodrinkglassafterglassofbeer,orpossibly(5)--,------,--

^{suchaswh1sky.brandyorvodka.Soontheybecome(6) and•ftheycontinue.}

_{they'llget(7) andwakeupthenextmorningwithabad(8) .Somepeople}

aredependentonalcoholTheycan'tdowithoutit.Theyare(9)

_{certain.lfyoudrive,youshouldn'tdrink.Stay(10)}

Onethingis

IV.PutoneofthefollowingwordsIneachspaceinthesentencesbelow.

!dOWn up out to --on--'

1.Hewantstogive smokingoratleastcutit-------

2.Nosmoking.Pleaseputyourcigarettes--,,---

3.Smokingisharmful yourhealth.Itcanbefatal.

4.Hewasbeginningtodepend alcohol.

	(1)	salesof(2)	cigaretteshavebeengoingdownanddownin	I
(3)		USAand(4)	WesternEurope(5) lungcancerstatistics

_{V.Fillinthearticleswherenecessal)'.}

and(6) healthwarnings,(7) heartattackand(8) strokecor- I

relationshaveatlastbeenperceivedby(9) generalpopulationandtheyare

giv1ngupsmoking

Sowhoisnowconsuming(10)tobacco(11)peoplein(12)USAand(13)WesternEuropearenolongerconsum1ng?(14)tobaccocompaniesarepushingtheirproductshardin(15)East-ernEuropewheretheypromote(16)imagethatitis'Western'tosmoke(17)Westerncigarettes.(18)tobaccocompaniesarealsoverysuc-cessfulgettingThirdWorldpeople.especially(19)womentosmoke.(20)imagepromotedthereisof(21)independence.of(22)-------.,womanmakingherowndecis1ontobuyandsmokecigarettes.In(23)mostofthosecountriestherearenocompulsorywarningson(24)packetsIn(25)WesternEurope(26)teenageg1r1sand(27)young

womenare(28)	onlygroupwhere(29)	habitofsmokingisstillstrong
with(30) 156	newsmokersconstantlyjoining

_VOCABULARY

ahuse II

thewrongorbaduseortreatmentofsmth1smbdrugIalcoholabuse

anabuseofkindness1authoritytruc,t.etc.

abuseabusive

vadj

toabusealcoholicdnnksmsulting

_{•Icouldn'tstandhisab1ni\•eremarks.}

addict ⁿ

I.apersonwhoisunabletostoptakmgdrugs,alcohol,etc.drugIalcoholaddict

2.personwhoisstronglymtercsted1nsmth

_{achess,TV,footballadd1ct}

addictedaddiction

ad}

n

addictedtosmth

anaddictiontosmth

•fie'saddictedtosmoking.

_{•Youshouldovercom£'youraddict/Ontoj(wtlm/1.}

ache ⁿ

adull,continuouspain,

Hefeltadullachemhisshoulder

Compounds:backache,earache,hcanache,stomach-ache,toothache,aheadache

tosufferfromheadaches;tobeallachesandpams.

_{Mybodyisallache'landpams}

ache

AIDS