1. 15. Trust in time.

3. Although time may not heal all wounds, it often helps. You may even be stronger for having experienced a painful or stressful time.

6. Comprehension

1. Match the words with their Ukrainian equivalents.

1. 1) Response a)Зрив

2. 2) Tear b)Стратегії виживання

3. 3) Frustration c)Віра

4. 4) Healing d)Безпорадність

5. 5) Sanity e)Зцілення

6. 6) Coping strategies f)Відповідь

7. 7) Predictability g)Розчарування

8. 8) Helplessness h) Передбачуваність

9. 9) Consequences i) Наслідки

10. 10) Faith g)Розсудливість

2. Select from the words given below the names of feelings:

Helplessness, consequences, faith, sanity, frustration, exciting, healing, disappointed, angry, tear, terrible, response, hopeful, commute, depressed, anxious, envy, mentally healthy, happy, vague, productive, socially interactive.

3. Pair the verbs with suitable word combinations according to the texts.

1. To react

2. To get

3. Increased

4. To Halt

5. To respond

6. To affect

7. To alleviate

8. To reduce

9. To fell

10. To seek

1. heart rate

2. to stress

3. stressed

4. to stressors

5. memory

6. control

7. digestion

8. anticipation

9. the response to stress

10. stressed

4. Match the halves of the sentences, put them in a logical order and retell the received text.

1) Stress affects	a) result of either physical or psychological factors.
2) Stressors can be	b) ways which can help you to alleviate the response to stress.
3) Stress is the physical	c) positive or negative.
4) There are a lot of	d) and emotional wear and tear resulting from real or imagined problems.
5) Stress can be a	e) which can help to react to stress correctly.
6) One of them is coping strategies	f) a person reacts to stressors.
7) Stress is how	g) everyone differently.

5. Name the main rules of struggle with stress starting with the following word combinations:

1. Find an outlet …

2. Seek control …

3. Seek predictable …

4. Find sources of social …

5. Denial …

6. Have …

7. Set ..

8. Don’t try to …

9. Talk …

10. Enjoy the …

6. Answer the questions.

1. What is stress?

2. Is there any difference between pressure and stress?

3. What is chronic stress?

4. Do we all get stressed out by the same things?

5. How does stress affect the person?

6. Is stress always bad?

7. What could happen if the person does not manage his/her stress?

7. Read the text and name the reasons which can be stressful for you.

So what really causes stress? Anything can cause stress if it allows you to adapt to changes in the environment. The body will have to react to changes with mental, emotional and physical responses. All people have their own ways of adjusting to changes, thus the stress causes can differ for each individual.

1.Threat. An apparent threat can be the leading cause for a person to be stressed.

2.Fear. Threat can cause fear which further leads to stress

3.Uncertainty. When people are uncertain, they can't predict and thus they feel they are not control of a situation.

4.Health: illness, pregnancy, injury