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1、Unit7SectionAPre-readingActivitiesFirstListeningPleaselistentoashortpassagecarefullyandpreparetoanswersomequestions.SecondListeningListentothetapeagain.Thenanswerthefollowingquestionswithyourownexperiences.1)Whatcausesstress?2)WhataretheNICEfactors?Whyareth
2、eyimportant?3)HowdowefollowBenFranklin'sexample?LightenYourLoadandSaveYourLifeIfyouoftenfeelangryandoverwhelmed,likethestressinyourlifeisspinningoutofcontrol,thenyoumaybehurtingyourheart.Ifyoudon'twanttobreakyourownheart,youneedtolearntotakechargeofyourlife
3、whereyoucan—andrecognizetherearemanythingsbeyondyourcontrol.SosaysDr.RobertS.Eliot,authorofanewbooktitledFromStresstoStrength:HowtoLightenYourLoadandSaveYourLife.He'saclinicalprofessorofmedicineattheUniversityofNebraska.Eliotsaystherearepeopleinthisworldwho
4、mhecalls"hotreactors".Forthesepeople,beingtensemaycausetremendousandrapidincreasesintheirbloodpressure.Eliotsaysresearchershavefoundthatstressedpeoplehavehighercholesterollevels,amongotherthings."We'vedoneyearsofworkinshowingthatexcessalarmorstresschemicals
5、canliterallyburstheartmusclefibers.Whenthathappensithappensveryquickly,withinfiveminutes.Itcreatesmanyshortcircuits,andthatcausescrazyheartrhythms.Theheartbeatslikeabagofwormsinsteadofapump.Andwhenthathappens,wecan'tlive."Eliot,64,sufferedaheartattackatage4
6、4.Heattributessomeofthecausetostress.Foryearshewasa"hotreactor".Ontheexterior,hewascool,calmandcollectedbutontheinterior,stresswaskillinghim.He'snowdoingverywell.ThemainpredictorsofdestructivelevelsofstressaretheFUDfactors—fear,uncertaintyanddoubt—togetherw
7、ithperceivedlackofcontrol,hesays.Formanypeople,therootoftheirstressisanger,andthetrickistofindoutwheretheangeriscomingfrom."Doestheangercomefromafeelingthateverythingmustbeperfect?"Eliotasks."That'sverycommoninprofessionalwomen.Theyfeeltheyhavetobeallthings
8、toallpeopleanddoitallperfectly.Theythink,'Ishould,Imust,Ihaveto.'Goodenoughisnevergoodenough.Perfectionistscannotdelegate.Theygetangrythattheyhavetocarryitall,andtheyblowtheirtops.Thentheyfeelguiltyand
