C) read the text again and describe the blood reaction on stress
8. Can you de-stress in five minutes? Read the text and say is it possible or not. Which of them is the most suitable for you?
Go For A Quick Walk
Even if you can only spare five minutes, go for a walk (it might just be to the water cooler and back). The aim here is to get yourself away from the immediate source of stress and to calm down.
Read Some Fiction
If I’m seriously worked up, upset or stressed, one of the best things I can do is to grab a book. Fiction is ideal (especially anything funny or uplifting). Reading fiction takes you out of the here-and-now and into a different world. You can forget everything that’s troubling you, for just ten minutes, as you concentrate on the story.
Meditate or Pray
Often, the best thing we can do to instantly de-stress is to simply stop. Many life coaches and stress advisors recommend meditation. I also like to pray.
Watch A Funny Video
I don’t know about you, but I just can’t stay stressed out when I’m laughing.
Make A Herbal Tea
A warm mug of herbal tea. The act of making yourself a drink can be calming: it gets you away from your desk, and it gives you a chance to concentrate on something physical.
Punch A Pillow
Depending on where you are when you’re feeling stressed, and on your personality, throwing a few punches at a pillow might help.
Take Slow, Deep Breaths
When we get stressed, we tend to breathe more quickly, taking shallow breaths. Concentrate on your. Imagine breathing from your stomach, not your chest. Take slow, deep, fulfilling breaths.
Talking points.
Read the quotations of famous people about stress. Choose one and explain your how you understand it.
1) Maureen Killoran ~ Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose.
2) Wayne Dyer ~ The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
3) Hans Selye ~ Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
4) Maya Tatareva ~ Anything that keeps you away from being yourself causes stress.
5) Catherine Pulsifer ~ Things could be a lot worse, the stress of the situation always could be worse, but I am alive and I have a lot to be thankful for - so I shall not waste my days with stress and frustrations - Life is too short.
6) Hans Selye ~ Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
TEST YOURSELF
1. The medical term that describes how the human body reacts when it fears it is under attack.
a) abuse b) sleep disturbances c) stress d) anxiety
2. …..is one of the most important aspects of a worker's life.
a) work b) anxiety c) headaches d) depression
3. ……at work affects a worker's health and family.
a) life b) layoffs c) abuse d) stress
4. There are a lot…….. of that come from physical stress.
a) layoffs b) injuries c) abuse d) anxiety
5. Stress can……. by mental or physical conditions, or, a combination of both.
a) be caused b) be worked c) be avoided d) be damaged
6. It is possible to get rid of stress by….
a) reading fiction b) working c) abusing d) avoiding
7. When we get stressed, we must breathe….
a) more quickly b) faster c) slower d) hold the breath
8. Many life coaches and stress advisors recommend….
a) to have mandatory overtime b) to worry
c) to complain on a life d) meditation
9. Sometimes to………can be calming.
a) to worry b) to make a herbal tea c) to complain on a life d) to work more
10. …..can stop stress.
a) a healthy life style b) sleep disturbances
c) domestic violence d) mandatory overtime
For Fun
As you know all people have emotions, feelings. Sometimes they help us understand other people, sometimes not. But there is no doubt that we must know their influence on us and our frame of mind.
Do the questionnaire to find out how emotional and expressive you are. (You have to answer YES or NO) Check your answers with keys. (page 101)
1) Do you feel guilty if you cry in public?
2) Do you think that crying is a sign of weakness?
3) Do you think that men and boys should be helped to hide their tears?
4) Do you feel red-faced if you find yourself crying while watching a film or reading a book?
5) Would you try to hold back your tears if you are visiting a fu-neural/burial?
6) Would you distrust a politician who affords tears in public?
7) Do you think that tears are an unnecessary expression of emotion?
8) Would you allow someone to help you if you were found crying?
9) Do you get confused/red-faced if you see men/adults crying?
10) Would you pretend that you had something in your eye if you were unexpectedly/suddenly found crying?
11) Do you always try to hide your anger?
12) Do you always try to hide your fiasco/misfortune?
13) Do you ever become angry?
14) Has your temper ever got you into trouble?
15) Do you believe that it does you good to cope with your anger?
16) Do you tend to think about things which have made you angry?
17) Do you become angry quite easily?
18) Do you touch someone you love at least once a day?
19) Do you enjoy physical signs of love?
20) Do you ever get broody when you see small babies?
21) Would you happily hold hands in public with someone you cared for/watched over?
22) Do you enjoy being massaged/ rubbed down?
23) Do you regularly tell those whom you love how you feel?
24) Have you ever had a pet of which you were very fond?
25) Do you enjoy being kissed and held tight by people you love?
26) Do you ever laugh out loud when you are watching funny films?
27) Do you ever tap/knock with your feet while listening to music?
28) Do you often have the last clap at concerts, sports events and the like?
29) Do you ever shout encouragement to sports or TV heroes?
30) Can you remember when you last really laughed and enjoyed yourself?
Unit 9
Safety engineering
Vocabulary list
safety engineering
to eliminate
to suggest
layout
to spot
maintenance
техніка безпеки
усувати
пропонувати
розміщення, планування
визначати місцеперебування
утримування
