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Text: Stress
Language Points
Exercises: 1) Vocabulary 2) Structure 3) Translation
Enjoy English
Grammar ： Continuous Tense (进行时)
Academic Writing ： Brainstorm for Topics and Supporting Details (全方位思考主题和论证细节)

1) My friend is ______ emigrating to the United States.
2) A glass of beer before dinner helped him ______.
3) The argument ______ his mother leaving the house.
4) The company rejected her ______ to raise her salary.
5) How do you ______ a three-year-old boy while having to do so much work?
6) The strong wind put a lot of ______ on the structure of this building.
7) Everyone present was ______ by her beauty.
8) Could you give me some ______ ideas instead of complaint?
9) Did you ______ all the words that you have to say to your step father?
10) New problems ______ when old ones were solved.
11) Why didn’t anybody ______ her ______ thinking so foolishly?
12) Can anyone ______ his or her shortcomings and correct them?
Answers:
1) thinking about 2) unwind 3) resulted in 4) demand 5) cope with 6) stress7) overwhelmed

8) constructive9) rehearse 10) arose 11) prevented…from 12) be conscious of

1.2 Word Building:
There are pairs of antonyms in this text, for example, positive – negative.
Exercise: Please give the antonyms of the following phrases请给出下列词的反义词。

Answers:
1) mental 2) destructive 3) idealistically 4) optimistic 5) satisfied 6) unconscious 7) specific 8) different

II. Structure
2.1 Combine the two simple sentences into a complex one by using “so … that” or
“…so that …” (如此…以至…). Look at the examples first:
Examples:
They spend so much time expecting the worst that they are almost disappointed if things go well.
他们花如此多的时间以防坏事情发生, 以至当事情进展顺利时他们反而失望。
They worked so hard that they skipped lunch in order to save time.
为了省时间，他们工作如此努力, 以至中午饭也不吃了。
Exercise:
1) He rehearsed his presentation many times. /His performance won a big applause.
2) My mom so worried about my brother. /My mother fell ill.
3) He drank too much to unwind. /He became drunk and proved silly.
4) She scheduled too many things. / She was overwhelmed by the stress.
Answers
1) He rehearsed his presentation many times so that his performance won big applause.
Or: He rehearsed his presentation so many times that his performance won a big applause.
2) My mom so worried about my brother that she fell ill.
Or: My mom worried about my brother so much so that she fell ill.
3) He drank so much to unwind that he became drunk and proved silly.
Or: Drinking so much to unwind that he became drunk and proved silly.
4) She scheduled so many things that she was overwhelmed by the stress.
2.2 In English if the antecedent (先行词) is indefinite pronoun (不定代词) such as“something”, “somebody”, etc., the adjective phrase that modifies the antecedent should be put after it.
Example: Stress can result from something positive.
Exercise: Translate the following phrases into Chinese.
1) something frustrating 2) somebody trustworthy 3) someone suspicious
Answers:1) 令人苦恼的事情2) 值得信任的某个人3) 值得怀疑的人
III. Translation: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1) If stress happens too often or lasts too long, it can have bad effects..
2) Most people require about eight hours of sleep a night to maintain wellness and to feel fit.
3) People who set a heavy pace in their lives need to learn to relax.
4) On the death of a loved one, a person might feel stress, which is natural.
5) There are many things we can do to cope with mental problems.
Answers
1) 如果你经常或长期感到压力的话，它会产生负面影响。
2) 大部分人需要大约8小时的睡眠时间来保持健康和感觉正常。
3) 生活节奏太快的人需要学会放松。
4) 爱人的去世会让人感到压力，这很正常。
5) 我们有很多方法应对压力。