Dealing with stress

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1、IntensiveReadingCourseforIntermediate12CopingwithStress[Dr.HansSelyeisaleadingauthorityonstress.Hehasbeendoingresearchinthisfieldfor40years,andhisbookstresswithoutdistressisprintedinninelanguages.Dr.SelyeisamemberoftheUniversityofMontrealfaculty,andheisnoworganizingtheInternationalInsti

2、tuteofStressinMontreal.]1.Q:Dr.Selye,isittruethatthereismorestressintoday’ssocietythaninyearspast?A:Peopleoftenaskmethatquestionsometimescomparingourliveswiththatsortofthecaveman--whodidn'thavetoworryaboutthestockmarketortheatomicbomb.Theyforgetthatthecavemanworriedaboutbeingeatenbybear

3、whilehewasasleep,oraboutdyingofhunger--thingsthatfewpeopleworrymuchabouttoday.Intheend,Idoubtwhethermodernmanexperiencesmoredistressthanhisancestors.It'snotthatpeoplesuffermorestresstoday;it’sjustthattheythinktheydo.2Q:Butisn’teverybodysubjecttostress?A:That'sright.Fewstudieshavebeendon

4、ethatpermitmetoanswerinstrictlyobjective,scientificterms,butasfarasIcantellfromtalkingtodiversegroups,frombusinessmentoairtrafficcontrollers,everybody9SmartEnglishSmartenyourEnglishup!IntensiveReadingCourseforIntermediatethinksheorsheisunderthegreateststress.Thetruthisthateverybodyactua

5、llyisunderstressbecause--andthismaybeshockingtotake--ifyoureallymanagedtoavoidstresscompletely,youwouldbedead.3Q:Thenstressisanormalstateofaffairs?A:Yes,andit'simportantthatpeopleunderstandwhattheyaretalkingaboutwhentheyspeakaboutstress.Wheneveranyoneexperiencessomethingunpleasant,forla

6、ckofabetterwordtheysaytheyareunderstress.YetthereissuchathingaspleasantstressasinthecaseoftheOlympicwinneratthemomentofhisglory,oraconductorashisorchestraperformsparticularlywell.Theyarejustradiatingexcitement,acidtheyaresecretingallthestresshormonesexactlythesameasiftheywereobjectedorh

7、adjustheardofadeathinthefamily.Wecallthepleasantorhealthykind"eustress"andtheunpleasantorunhealthykind"distress."4Q:Aremenandwomenequallysubjecttostress?A:Certainly,letmeaddthatthemorethe"women’sliberation”movementpermitswomentotakewhathaveusuallybeenconsideredmalejobs,themorew