壓力產(chǎn)生的原因：
• 休息的時間不夠充足(inadequate leisure time)，高壓力和快節(jié)奏的生活方式(live a high-pressured, fast-paced lifestyle);時間和金錢管理不當(dāng)(poor time and money management)，不能 夠同時兼顧家庭和工作(juggle work and family commitments) ; 對—些東西的專注性過高 (addictions)，比如賭博(gambling)和股票(stocks);
• 環(huán)境的因素(the environmental factors)、工作(career concerns)、社會關(guān)系(social relationships) 和家庭問題(family problems)等;
• 想法或者對一些事情的態(tài)度(比如經(jīng)濟(jì)困難、學(xué)業(yè)困難、慢性病，甚至是小的事情)(thoughts / attitudes toward financial difficulties, academic difficulties, chronic illnesses, minor matters), 性格 (personality),可能有不切實(shí)際的期待(unrealistic expectations),對事情的處理方法(interpret events and situations)等
解決方法：
•養(yǎng)成好的習(xí)慣，比如合理的飲食有助于改善自身健康(proper eating contributes to feelings of well-being)、定期運(yùn)動(exercise regularly);平衡好自己的責(zé)任和確立首要的事情(balance obligations and set priorities);
•習(xí)慣自己每天的生活，忽略一些問題的潛在影響(become accustomed to your daily activities and overlook their cumulative effect)，養(yǎng)成良好的心態(tài)(nurture a good state of mind)，爭取減少 憂慮(block out worries);要有決斷力(be assertive),將生活中的突變看作是正面的挑戰(zhàn)，而 不是威脅(positive challenge, not a threat.);
•平衡家庭生活和工作生活(balance work and family);有閑難要及時尋求別人的幫助(turn to others for support),要處理好和其他人的矛盾(resolve conflicts with other people); 通過體育、 社交活動或者業(yè)余愛好來擺脫壓力(release yourself from daily stresses with group sports, social events and hobbies):
范文
Life today is filled with sources of stress, much of which cannot be avoided, When stress appears to be a lifelong problem to many people, how it actually forms remains a subject of controversy to many scientists. The objective of this essay is to outline both the sources of stress and appropriate ways of dealing with it.
Many stressors arise from people's circumstances. For example, the high-pressured and fast-paced lifestyle has made it unlikely for people to gain adequate leisure time. Failure to balance work and leisure causes them either to struggle with deteriorating health or to cope with psychological distress, e.g.， anxiety and depression. Together with some other problems, such as disharmony with others, unpleasant work or living environment, it would increase stress to an unmanageable level.
Another group of stressors is intertwined with personality, People interpret events or situations differently. A problem taken as a threat by many people might be accepted as a positive challenge to others, Evidence is inconclusive about the reasons behind this distinction, but it is widely believed that a person of a cheerful disposition is less likely to be heavily affected by adversity. Of equal importance is the ability to handle with some issues, such as time and money. Considering the role of personality in deciding the attitudes toward an issue and responses to an event, the effect of stress management skills actually varies from person to person.
Methods to cope with stress are many, but the most effective ones are in fact not remote or complicated but accessible and practicable. People under stress are advised to participate more in recreational activities, adopt a sound dieting habit, and exercise regularly. They should learn to block out worries and try to keep the effect of a challenge in life to a minimum. Finally, it is important to nurture a good state of mind and to perceive things positively.
As suggested above, environment factors can be taken as the sources of stress and people's personality determines the extent to which they are influenced by those factors. Adopting a healthy
lifestyle and proper attitudes toward life can promote people's physical and psychological well-being and help them relieve stress.
近義詞表
1. lifelong=lasting=enduring=all-time:永遠(yuǎn)的，終生的
2. form=develop=take shape:發(fā)展，形成
3. lifestyle=way of life=daily life=everyday life ：生活方式
4. unpleasant=disagreeable: 使人不愉'快的，讓人厭惡的
5. unmanageable=uncontrollable:不可控制的
6. interpret=understand=construe:理解，解釋
7. cheerful=positive:樂觀的，開朗的 .
8. disposition=character=temperament: 性格，品性
9. practicable=workable:可以實(shí)施的
10. block out二erase=forget=wipe out:抹去，忘記，消除
