Unit 7
Lighten Your Load and
Save Your Life
Group work:
Do you usually feel
stressful in your study?
What do you think of
stress?
How do you solve your
stress?
To get some ideas about
the background
information of the text
The University of
Nebraska,
Benjamin Franklin:
Guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence.
He was overwhelmed with grief
at the news of his son’s death
in accident.
The policeman overwhelmed
the robber by holding his arm.
If you take more luggage than is
allowed,you will have to pay for
the excess luggage.
He spends too much money;
his excesses put him into debt.
The heart pumps the blood
round the body.
We took turns pumping out
the boat.
1,150 deaths a year can be
attributed to drunk driving.
Kindness is one of his best
attributes.
You can’t do all the jobs
yourself---you must learn to
delegate.
He delegated his responsibilities
to an assistant.
Many nations send delegates to
the United Nations,
Not a breath of air stirred.
The story stirred the boy’s
imagination.
His film has caused a stir in
America.
Children need an outlet for their
energy,
This job provides an excellent
outlet for his artistic impulse.
I wouldn’t recommend reading
in this light; it may affect your
eyes.
I recommend that he try the new
medicine.
The doctor recommended me a
change of climate for her health.
Can you recommend me a good
hotel in the city?
What are your priorities in this
matter?
We have a priority booking system
for members of the club.
Tomorrow will be the deadline for
handing in the book report.
The news is just reaching us that
the president has fled the country.
Up to five million political refugees
have fled to other countries.
Match the synonyms in column 2
with those in column 1.
1,spin tense exterior flee interior
substitute stimulate
2,cycle,escape,rotate,strained,twist,swirl,
wheel,switch,motivate,turn,tight,evade,
invigorate,nervous,outer,twirl,external,
inner,replace,inside,disappear,nuclear
exchange,shift,change,activate,rouse,
move,stir,spur,energize,outside
Language Points:
adjective+tempered,
sweet-tempered,mild-tempered,
good-tempered,even-tempered
moody-tempered,
quick-tempered,short-tempered,
hot-tempered
ill-tempered,bad-tempered
the suffix,-some”,
trouble-some
quarrelsome
Burdensome
lonesome
tiresome
Homework:
learn the new words and
expressions of the text by
heart.
go over the text and write
down the difficult points,
(para,1)
meaning,
Like,
Do you make bread like you
make cake?
Like I said,I can’t get there on
Saturday.
(para,2) meaning,
(para,3,line 1) sentence
structure:
,So”:
The reasons for the inverted
order of the sentence:
(para,4) hot reactors:
(para.5) among other things,
At the meeting they discussed,
among other things,recent
events in Eastern Europe,
She’s very keen on sport,
among other things,she plays
tennis twice a week.
(para,5,line 2) Meaning,
(para,5,line 3) When that
happens it happens very quickly,
,That” and,it”,
(para,5,line 4) It creates many
short circuit,and that causes
crazy heart rhythms,
,It” and,that”:
(para,5,line 5) Meaning:
(para,6,line 4) collected,
(para,7) Meaning:
(para,9,line 1) Meaning:
(para,9,line 4) blow one’s tops,
My father will blow his top when he
sees what happened to the car,
When he told her how much it cost,
she blew her top.
(para.10,line 1) Meaning,
Notice:,the same” can be followed by
an,as-clause” or a,that-clause”
Our eggs are sole the same day as / that
they came in,
He was wearing the same coat as / that
he had on when we met him five years
ago,
He works in the same shop as / that I do,
(para,10,line 3) Stir in one’s own juice:
(para,11) Meaning:
the+比较级 … the+比较级 …,
The farther north you go,the more
severe the winters are,
The more you tell him,the less notice he
takes,
The more he flatters me,the more I
dislike him.
Blow apart,
His car had been blown apart,
(para,14) Meaning,Stop on your
way of life.
(para,18) Meaning:
(para,20,the last line) Meaning:
Key structures:
inverted sentence
If you often feel angry and
overwhelmed,like the stress in
your life is spinning out of
control,then you may be
hurting your heart.
The main predictors of destructive
levels of stress are the FUD factors,
together with perceived lack of
control.
And they give the same emphasis
to traffic jam that they give a family
argument.
Lighten Your Load and
Save Your Life
Group work:
Do you usually feel
stressful in your study?
What do you think of
stress?
How do you solve your
stress?
To get some ideas about
the background
information of the text
The University of
Nebraska,
Benjamin Franklin:
Guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence.
He was overwhelmed with grief
at the news of his son’s death
in accident.
The policeman overwhelmed
the robber by holding his arm.
If you take more luggage than is
allowed,you will have to pay for
the excess luggage.
He spends too much money;
his excesses put him into debt.
The heart pumps the blood
round the body.
We took turns pumping out
the boat.
1,150 deaths a year can be
attributed to drunk driving.
Kindness is one of his best
attributes.
You can’t do all the jobs
yourself---you must learn to
delegate.
He delegated his responsibilities
to an assistant.
Many nations send delegates to
the United Nations,
Not a breath of air stirred.
The story stirred the boy’s
imagination.
His film has caused a stir in
America.
Children need an outlet for their
energy,
This job provides an excellent
outlet for his artistic impulse.
I wouldn’t recommend reading
in this light; it may affect your
eyes.
I recommend that he try the new
medicine.
The doctor recommended me a
change of climate for her health.
Can you recommend me a good
hotel in the city?
What are your priorities in this
matter?
We have a priority booking system
for members of the club.
Tomorrow will be the deadline for
handing in the book report.
The news is just reaching us that
the president has fled the country.
Up to five million political refugees
have fled to other countries.
Match the synonyms in column 2
with those in column 1.
1,spin tense exterior flee interior
substitute stimulate
2,cycle,escape,rotate,strained,twist,swirl,
wheel,switch,motivate,turn,tight,evade,
invigorate,nervous,outer,twirl,external,
inner,replace,inside,disappear,nuclear
exchange,shift,change,activate,rouse,
move,stir,spur,energize,outside
Language Points:
adjective+tempered,
sweet-tempered,mild-tempered,
good-tempered,even-tempered
moody-tempered,
quick-tempered,short-tempered,
hot-tempered
ill-tempered,bad-tempered
the suffix,-some”,
trouble-some
quarrelsome
Burdensome
lonesome
tiresome
Homework:
learn the new words and
expressions of the text by
heart.
go over the text and write
down the difficult points,
(para,1)
meaning,
Like,
Do you make bread like you
make cake?
Like I said,I can’t get there on
Saturday.
(para,2) meaning,
(para,3,line 1) sentence
structure:
,So”:
The reasons for the inverted
order of the sentence:
(para,4) hot reactors:
(para.5) among other things,
At the meeting they discussed,
among other things,recent
events in Eastern Europe,
She’s very keen on sport,
among other things,she plays
tennis twice a week.
(para,5,line 2) Meaning,
(para,5,line 3) When that
happens it happens very quickly,
,That” and,it”,
(para,5,line 4) It creates many
short circuit,and that causes
crazy heart rhythms,
,It” and,that”:
(para,5,line 5) Meaning:
(para,6,line 4) collected,
(para,7) Meaning:
(para,9,line 1) Meaning:
(para,9,line 4) blow one’s tops,
My father will blow his top when he
sees what happened to the car,
When he told her how much it cost,
she blew her top.
(para.10,line 1) Meaning,
Notice:,the same” can be followed by
an,as-clause” or a,that-clause”
Our eggs are sole the same day as / that
they came in,
He was wearing the same coat as / that
he had on when we met him five years
ago,
He works in the same shop as / that I do,
(para,10,line 3) Stir in one’s own juice:
(para,11) Meaning:
the+比较级 … the+比较级 …,
The farther north you go,the more
severe the winters are,
The more you tell him,the less notice he
takes,
The more he flatters me,the more I
dislike him.
Blow apart,
His car had been blown apart,
(para,14) Meaning,Stop on your
way of life.
(para,18) Meaning:
(para,20,the last line) Meaning:
Key structures:
inverted sentence
If you often feel angry and
overwhelmed,like the stress in
your life is spinning out of
control,then you may be
hurting your heart.
The main predictors of destructive
levels of stress are the FUD factors,
together with perceived lack of
control.
And they give the same emphasis
to traffic jam that they give a family
argument.
