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Unit 1 Life Choices
Lesson 2 Understanding and coping with stress
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Learning Objectives
After this class, I will be able to:
understand and apply the listening strategies;
predict the main content of the interview based on questions and choices;
You are going to listen to a radio interview about stress.
Tick (√) the information you think will be discussed.
TIP 1: may help you to understand the dialogue more easily.
Prediction
Pre-listening
1. What kind of people suffer more from stress?
B. Talking with other people.
B. Teacher and doctor.
C. Workers and Journalists
2. Which cause of stress has not been mentioned?
A. Students don’t have enough time to finish their homework.
B. Social situation can be very stressful to everyone.
C. Pressure from work or study.
3. What should you do if you can’t function stress properly?
A. Eat well and exercise often.
A. Police and military
C. Seek professional help.
TIP 2: the key words may help you get the answers.
Circling
TIP 3: can help you check your answers.
Taking notes
Fast listening(1st time)
Listen and Complete
Kinds of people suffering from stress
Causes of stress
Ways to reduce stress
Listen again and take notes in the right column.
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)
too much homework(students)
organize work and studies, eat well,
exercise often, talk to someone,
seek professional help
TIP 4: Abbreviation(a short form of a word) may help take notes.
(2nd time)
Listen and answer the questions in Ex. 5.
1. When do students suffer from stress?
2. What situations can be difficult for shy people?
Students suffer from stress when they have too much homework and when they fell like they don’t have enough time to finish all their work.
Social situations, like parties, are difficult for shy people.
3. What is a good way to organize you work or study?
A good way to organize your work or study is to make a list and do all the important things first.
(3rd time)
Complete the summary with words from the interview.
Dr. King is an expert on stress. In his talk, he believes everyone 1__________ stress 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
newspaper editors
positions
military
stress
due to
very stressed
Complete the summary with words from the interview.
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
1. You can/must...
2. Why not…,Why don't you…,
Why don't you listen to music to relax yourself?
3. What/ How about…?
What/How about having a cup of coffee?
4. You had better do sth
You had better ask the teacher for help.
5. It’s a good idea for you to...
If you feel angry, I think it's a good idea to stop for a moment and understand why.
6. I suggest that you should/can...
So I suggest that you should not forget the importance of doing excises and sports.
知识加油站: 提建议
There’s always stress in life,
but we can make the right choice and choose the right action to cope with stress.
Our life is what we choose and make it.
Thank you
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