Stress & Relaxation

Listen what Jordan Friedman says about "stress & relaxation" and then choose between A,B,C or D.

1) What may be the causes of stress for his clients and audience?

A) When they have to make the same journey regularly between work and home.

B) When they have money problems.

C) When they have a little time and too much to do.

D) All the previous answers are correct.

2) Today's life is more stressful than it was 20 years ago because....

A) There are many stuff which take away our time for relaxation

B) It's more difficult to reduce stress levels.

C) There are many distractions led by technology devices and they bring us ongoing stress symptoms.

D) Any of them are correct.

3) Which effects does stress produce in the body and mind?

A) It produces wear and tear, lack of sleep and weakness.

B) It affects our way of sleeping, the immune systems and when these factors stay for a long time they produce high blood pressure and difficulty to fall asleep.

C) Stress impacts on our sleep and immune systems until it leads us to get serious corrosive effects such as high blood pressure, wear and tear, weakness and therefore susceptibility to illnesses in the environment among others.

D) All of them are correct.

Vocabulary

Stress response → take action.
→ reduce stress level.
→ to pay more attention.
→ life saver.

Constant stress →difficulty to have quality night' sleep.
→ wear and tear.
→ weaken our immune systems ↣suscepibility to get illnesses↣ high blood pressure ↣ heart problems and stroke

The main courses of stress → commuting.
→ busy lives, little time.
→ money problems.

Source: English File Advanced Student's book

Answers

1) D

2) C The most completed.

3) C The most completed.

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