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Unit6ThePaceofLife

1EnglishSong–DearDiary

DearDiary

DearDiary

TheMoodyBlues

Deardiary,whatadayit'sbeen.

Deardiary,it'sbeenjustlikeadream.

Wokeuplate.Wasn'twhereIshouldhavebeen.

Forgoodnesssakewhat'shappeningtome.

Writelightly,yourstruly,deardiary.

Itwascoldoutsidemydoor.

Somanypeoplebythescore.

Rushingaroundsosenselessly.

Theydon'tnoticethere'speoplelikeme.

Writelightly,yourstruly,deardiary.

Theydon'tknowwhatthey'replaying.

They'venowayofknowingwhatthegameis.

Stilltheycarryondoingwhattheycan.

Outsideme,yourstruly,deardiary.

It'sover.Willtomorrowbethesame?

Iknowthatthey'rereallynottoblame.

Iftheyweren'tsoblindthensurelythey'dsee.

There'samuchbetterwayforthemtobe.

Insideme,yourstruly,deardiary.

SomebodyexplodedanH-bombtoday.

Butitwasn'tanyoneIknew.

Questions

1.Howdoesthesingertreathisdiary?

Why?

2.Whatdoesthesingerthinkabouthowotherpeoplespendtheirtime?

3.Whatcanweinferaboutthesinger’sattitudetowardsthepaceoflifetoday?

2.Questionnaire

Questionnaire

Purpose:

Thepurposeofthisquestionnaireistoincreaseyourawarenessofstressinyourlife.

Directions:

Answer"yes"or"no"toeachofthestressindexquestions.Circleyouranswer.

_____1.Ihavefrequentarguments.

_____2.Ioftengetupsetinstudy.

_____3.Ioftenhaveneckand/orshoulderpainsduetoanxiety/stress.

_____4.IoftengetupsetwhenIstandinlonglines.

_____5.IoftengetangrywhenIlistentothelocal,national,orworldnewsorreadthe

newspaper.

_____6.Idonothaveasufficientamountofmoneyformyneeds.

_____7.Ioftengetupsetwhengoingtoclassrooms.

_____8.AttheendofaworkdayIoftenfeelstress-relatedfatigue.

_____9.Ihaveatleastoneconstantsourceofstress/anxietyinmylife（e.g.,conflictwithteacher,classmate,friend,etc.）.

_____10.Ioftenhavestress-relatedheadaches.

_____11.Idonotpracticestressmanagementtechniques.

_____12.Irarelytaketimeformyself.

_____13.Ihavedifficultyinkeepingmyfeelingsofangerandhostilityundercontrol.

_____14.Ihavedifficultyinmanagingtimewisely.

_____15.Ioftenhavedifficultysleeping.

_____16.Iamgenerallyinahurry.

_____17.IusuallyfeelthatthereisnotenoughtimeinthedaytoaccomplishwhatIneedtodo.

_____18.IoftenfeelthatIambeingmistreatedbyfriendsorclassmates.

_____19.Idonotregularlyperformphysicalactivity.

_____20.Irarelyget7to9hoursofsleeppernight.

ScoringandInterpretation:

Answering"yes"toanyofthequestionsmeansthatyouneedtousesomeformofstressmanagementtechniques.

Addyour"yes"answersandusethefollowingscaletoevaluatethelevelofstressinyourlife.

Numberof"Yes"AnswersStressCategory:

6-20Highstress

3-5Averagestress

0-2Lowstress

3Warm-upQuestions

（Direction:

）Readthefollowingshortpassageanddiscussthequestions.

“Nowpsychologistslookatourviewoftimeanotherway.Theygointoseveralcountriesandmeasurethepaceoflife.Theymeasuretheaccuracyofbankclocksandhowfastcitydwellerswalk.Theytimetransactionsinbanksandpostoffices.Theyseehowlongpeopletaketoanswerquestions.

Japanesekeepthefastestpace.Americansareaclosesecond.ItaliansandIndonesiansareatthebottomofthelist.…

…

Finally,welookatheartdisease.That'stricky（滑稽的）,becauseotherfactorsareinvolved.Ourheart'sgreatestenemyistobacco.Butheartdiseasealsocorrelateswiththepacewekeep.Smokerswhodrivethemselvesarereallyaskingforit.”

1.Whatdoyouthinkkeeppeopleinsomecountriessobusy?

2.Whatmightbetheacute/majorproblemsfacingpeopletoday?

3.Comparedwithpeople’slifeinancienttimes,whathavenewtechnology,theinformationexplosionandrisingeconomyreallybroughttous?

4BackgroundInformation

RichardTomkins

RichardTomkins,consumerindustrieseditoroftheFinancialTimes,wherehehasbeenamemberoftheeditorialstaffsince1983.（=FinancialTimesincludesbusinessandfinancialnewsandanalysis.Toknowitbetter,logonthefollowingwebsite:

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Technology

Manyhistoriansofsciencearguenotonlythattechnologyisanessentialconditionofadvanced,industrialcivilizationbutalsothattherateoftechnologicalchangehasdevelopeditsownmomentum（势头，动力）inrecentcenturies.Innovationsnowseemtoappearataratethatincreasesgeometrically（按几何级数地）,withoutrespecttogeographicallimits（地区界限）orpoliticalsystems.Theseinnovationstendtotransformtraditionalculturalsystems,frequentlywithunexpectedsocialconsequences.Thustechnologycanbeconceived（构思，设想）asbothacreativeandadestructiveprocess.

StressintheWorkplace

Theproblemofstressisnotlikelytogoaway.Asthepaceofchangecontinuestoincrease,thedemandsuponuswillalsoincrease.Wewillhavetomakemoredecisionsandmakedecisionsfaster;havetolearnnewskills,adapttonewsituations,andcopewithnewthreats.Asaresultwewillfindourselvesbecomingmoretired,makingmoremistakes,becomingmorehostile,moreanxious,moredepressed,sufferingmoreill-health,andhavingmoreaccidents.

Ifwearetosurviveinanever-acceleratingworld,itisimperativethatwelearntocopewiththeincreasingpressuresofchange.Ifwedonot,breakdownsandburnouts（耗竭）willbecomethenorm.

2.FurtherUnderstanding

ForPart1

Scanning

（Directions:

）Scanpartoneandfindoutthreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.Andmakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedthere.

1._____________________

2._____________________

3._____________________

Transitionaldevices:

1.___________

2.___________

Blank-filling

（Directions:

）Factsarevaluableasevidencethatenhancesthepersuasiveforceofanargumentativepaper.Instatingthefirstreason,theauthorlistsanumberoffactstotrytoconvincethereadersoftheunfavorableeffectstechnologyhashadonourlives.Nowcouldyoufindsomemoresupportingfactsapartfromtheonegivenbelow,andputthemdown?

1）Themotorcarbringsmoretrafficproblemsthanitpromisestosolve.

2）_________________________________________________________________

3）_________________________________________________________________

4）_________________________________________________________________

5）_________________________________________________________________

6）_________________________________________________________________

ForPart2

TrueorFalse

1.Itisconvenienttosaywearealllackoftime.

2.About50percentofpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.

3.IntheU.K.,workinghourshaverisenonlyslightlyinthelast10years.

4.Thegainsoffreetimewereunevenlydistributedonlybecausedifferentgroupsofpeoplegaineddifferentamountoffreetime.

ForPart3

Table-completion

（Directions:

）Fillinthechartwithavarietyofreactionsprovoked（激起，激发）bytheperceptionofthetimefamine（时间缺乏）andthetroublewithallthesereactions.Payattentiontothetransitionaldevices,too.

Reaction1

Reaction2

Reaction3

Trouble

TransitionalDevices

ForPart4

QuestionsandAnswers

1.Whatisthecrux（关键，难题）oftheproblemtheauthorpointsout?

2.Whatisremedyforthestressaccordingtotheauthor’sopinion?

DetailedReading

Thetroubleis,itdeliveredthem.

1.Whatdo“deliver”and“them”herereferto?

2.Whatdoes“trouble”imply?

1.Paraphrase“theexpandingfrontiersofscholarship”.

2.Whatisthepurposefortheauthortoquotethissentence?

SowesufferfromwhatWilsoncallsdiscontentwithsuperabundance—theconfusionofendlesschoice.

1.Whatdo“superabundance”referto?

2.Whycanweinferfromthesentence?

It’salmostgottothepointwherethere’sstressenvy.

1.Whatis“stressenvy”meantby?

2.Whydoestheauthormentionthe“stressenvy”?

3.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

Thegains,however,wereunevenlydistributed.

1.Whatdoes“thegains”referto?

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

Asaresult,weseeappallinginequalitiesinthedistributionoffreetimebetweenthesexes.

1.Whatdoes“appalling”mean?

2.Whatcanwelearnfromthesentence?

Oneisanattempttogainthelargestpossibleamountofsatisfactionfromthesmallestpossibleinvestmentoftime.

1.Paraphrasethesentence.

2.Giveafewexamplesofthisreaction.

Anythingthathelpsstreamlineourlivesisagrowthmarket.

1.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

2.Whyisit“agrowthmarket”?

AsGodbeypointsout,thestresswefeelarisesnotfromashortageoftime,butfromthesurfeitofthingswetrytocramintoit.

Paraphrasethepartofthesentenceafter“pointout”.

WordsandExpressions

quantitiesof:

alargeamountof

*Thekeytostayinghealthyandstrongwhenbackpacking（挑运）istoeatlargequantitiesofenergy-richfoods.

Collocation:

alargequantityof大量的

在寒冷的冬天，大部分动物必须通过吃大量的食物来获得维持正常生命活动的能量。

（=Incoldweathermostanimalsmusteatlargequantitiesoffoodtoobtaintheenergyneededtocarryonnormalbodyactivities.）

eatinto:

graduallyreducetheamountof（sth.valuable）;damageordestroy

*Acideatsintothemetal,damagingitssurface.

*Hisextravagancesateintohisinheritances.

Collocation:

eatoutof吃光…

inreality:

inactualfact;really

*Hebecamethatcountry’srulerbothinnameandreality.

（=Somefamousprivateschoolsaretheoreticallyopentothepublic,butinrealityareattendedbythosewhocanaffordthefees.）

Collocation:

acceptreality承认事实

denyreality否认事实

facere