新视野英语教程读写教程4第四版

CONTENTSAroundtheTopic?ReadingThrough?BasicWritingSkills?ReadingMore?PracticalWriting?ChineseWisdom?StressUnit5

Stressisadailyfactoflifeformanypeople.Whetherwearestudentsorworkingadults,weallgetstressedfromtimetotime.Althoughsomeamountofstresscanpushustoworkharderandachieveourgoals,toomuchstresscanseriouslyaffectourmental,emotional,andphysicalwell-being.Fortunately,stress,thoughinevitableinourfast-pacedworld,canbemanagedandkeptundercontrol.Inthisunit,wewilllearnaboutthestrategiesthatcanhelpreduceourstressandimproveourqualityoflife.

Wewouldallagreethatstressisanissueinourmodern,fast-pacedlives,butwemaynotrealizewhatlevelofstressweareexperiencing.Completethefollowingtestandaddupyourscoresforeachquestiontofindouthowstressedyouare.Thehigherthetotalscore,themorestressyouareexperiencing.Shareyourscorewithyourpartnerandtalkaboutusefulwaysofreducingstress.

DealingwithStressasaStudent

Warming-upDiscussingroupsandthenanswerthefollowingquestions:Describearecentsituationthatcausedyoustresswithyourpartner.Howyoufeltphysicallyandmentallyatthetime?

TextADealingwithStressasastudentInordertomaintainfocusonyourcollegework,itisimportanttokeepstresslevelslow.Reducingyourstresslevelsincollegewillultimatelyimproveyourpowerofconcentration,yourstandardofworkandyourmarks.Let’sfaceit.Therearelotsofthingstogetstressedaboutwhenyou’reincollege,fromearninggoodgradestocoexistingwithyourroommates,orgettingacceptedontoasportsteam,asocietyforstudents,orotherorganizations.Everyaspectoflifeisapotentialsourceofstress.It’sallaboutkeepingitmanagedandundercontrol,ortakingdifferentapproachestodealingwithcertainissues.作为学生应对压力为了保持对大学学业的专注，让你的压力保持在较低的水平是非常重要的。在大学期间，减轻压力最终将提高你的注意力、工作水准