Unit 5 :stress

Starting up :
A:
1. going
2. waiting
3. being
4. finding
5. shopping
6. moving
7. having
8. making
9. travelling
10. taking

-the most stress for me is taking an exam or test.

-I think I'm in tension when standing talking to the crowd and when people look at me staring.

B:
-I do to relax is reading a book or listening to music .
-the most effective activities for me is eating.because When I eat more I feel the mood I will better and
will not think much anymore but that would not be good because I would be very fat.

C:
1. negotiating a very valuable contract
2. meeting important visitors from abroad for the first time
3. leading a formal meeting
4. making a presentation to senior executives
5. writing a report with a tight dealine
6. covering for a colleague who is way
7. taking part in a conference call
8. asking your boss for a pay rise
9. dealing with a customer who has a major complaint
10. telephoning in english
I think the number 1 most important because the outcome of that meeting not only affects me but also
involves a lot of my colleagues.

Vocabulary :
A:
1. h
2. d
3. f
4. b
5. a
6. e
7. c
8. g

B:
1. dealine
2. workaholic
3. workload
4. lifestyle
5. flexitime
6. work –life balance
7. quality of life
8. working environment

C:
1. high school has completely changed my lifestyle.
2. My father is a workaholic
3. Because I am sick , I have a lot of workloads
4. Because I study online ,the deadline is nearly.
5. Flexible working time to help me get in trouble in life
6. work-life balance is important in my life
7. Today try to decide the quality of your life later
8. Find a suitable working environment for each day of your work to be a happy day

D:
7.3 :diplomat
6.3 : banker
4.8 : sales asistant
4.3 : adertising executive
4.0 : firefighter
3.7 : architect

E:
- I think the stress league are airline pilot ,doctor and teacher
- I think if I have a chance to be involved then I will try because any job will have different
difficulties that you have to overcome.

F:
- My dream becomes a flight attendant. I know
flight attendant have change and chance.
- Yes , I do.
 - Each airline will be under the management of the aviation department.

G:
1. NO I DON’T .because The work pressure will make me stressed.
2. In my daily life ,deadlines I have to meet is self -study.The most difficult to meet is concentrate.
3. I think because people feel alone or they want to assert themself.
4. Find a suitable working environment for each day of your work to be a happy day.

Listening :
A:
I think the main causes of stress at work are they don’t like this work ,environment working not
suitable and workload so big.

B:
1. people under pressure at work:having too much to do,not feeling in control and not having good
relatinships with people that they work with.
2. Resilience to stress is helping people to respond differently to stressful situations, so that they
actually feel calmer when they're put in situations that they previously found stressful.

C:
people felling very stress

D:
1. Normal
2. motivating
3. Stressfull
4. Pressure

E:
1. If somebody doesn't like travelling in rush hour,
they could come in a little bit early and leave a
little bit early.
2. Making sure that people don't feel that they
have to stay late, just because their boss is
working late.

F:
1. Because women tend to have more responsibility
in the home (e.g. managing the home, looking
after children), so they have many more sources
of pressure in their life and therefore are more
likely to feel stressed because of that.
2. Women are more open about their feelings and
therefore feel more comfortable in reporting
feeling under pressure or feeling stressed.

G:
1. A good work –life balance for me is I satisfied with everything I have.
2. I think yes because it will help people have the right treatment for themselves.

Reading:
A:
1 China 2 Mexico 3 Turkey
4 Vietnam 5 Greece 6 Australia
7 Finland 8 Denmark 9 Sweden

B:
1. Group a) are all countries where high growth
is expected; Group b) are countries where the
economy is shrinking.
2. In China, the pressure is on to keep up with
the speed of expansion, while in Ireland, the
economy is shrinking, and business owners
are worried about how they will keep their
business alive.
3. The economic climate, pressure on cashflow,
competitor activities and heavy workload
4. Economic, business and personal

D:
1. China, Mexico, Vietnam
2. Sweden, Denmark, Finland

E:
1. hire price for workers, money on fuel costs, disease.
2. Yes , of course . I think they should divide the workload in accordance with each department and
Forecast for the whole year plan to give a solution.
3. I think this question is quite difficult because it depends on the nature of the job, but maybe I hope
everyone can get 60 days off a year.

Language review :
A;
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. B
B:
Past simple:
two years ago, in 2009, yesterday, last Friday, during the 1990s, when I was at university
past perfect :
so far, ever, yet, just, for the past two weeks, already, never, in the last few days, since 2005

C:
A: Have you ever travelled abroad on business?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Where did you go?
B: I went to VIETNAM.

UNIT 5 : BEATING STRESS:

Task 1 :
a. ‘Jessica Colling, product … to signs of stres ’
b. from ‘There have been … to work on time’
c. from ‘ cary cooper, … to bad stress area.’
d. from ‘ Create time … to not good for you ’

task 2:
a. productive
b. stressed
c. healthy
d. able
e. stressful
f. organisational
g. motivating
h. psychological

task 3:
a well-being
b warning signs
c irritable
d lack
e confidence
f spot
g workloads
h massively
i guilty