"Stress in our life"

Stress

Listen

Listen & read the poem.

Do you agree with it?

What is stress?

Stress is the way our bodies and minds react to life’s changes .

Causes of stress

• difficult life situations

• jobs

• sitting exams

• intensive tempo of life

• Crowds of people around you

• ecology

• a lot of noise

Effects of stress

Health problems

Problems with minds

Terrible feelings and emotions

How to deal with stress?

• Deal with one thing at a time in order of priority
• Ask a family to help you lighten the load
• Learn how to control your thoughts
• Take slow deep breaths and count to ten
• Do something relaxing such as going for a walk
• Get enough sleep
• Eat regular meals
• Try to keep a sense of humor and positive attitude

Matching words/phrases and their meanings

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1.Important information

• Run up
• Lowdown
• Keep things in perspective
• In a nutshell
• Lighten the load
• In the long term
• Out of hand
• Keep you on your toes
• “ Grin and bear it”
• Overwhelmed
• Mounts
• Pulling your hair out

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2. Make a difficult situation better

3. Increases

4. Time just before

5. Cause you remain alert/ready

6. Unable to manage

7. Basically

8. Going crazy

9. Over a long period of time

10. Uncontrollable

11. Judge how important something really is

12. Accept it without complaining

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Verb

Adjective

Stress

Noun

strong

forget

bear

accept

think

Stress

Stressed unstressed

stressor

Stressful stressless

unstress

strength

Strengthen

Forgetful

Forgetfulness

Forgettable unforgettable

forgetting

Bearable unbearable

Acceptance

Acceptability

Accepter/or

Acceptable unacceptable

Accepted unaccepted

Thoughtful thoughtless

Thoughts

Thoughtfulness

Thinkable unthinkable

Word Formation

Fill each with the correct form

Working in groups

Some stress is a good thing.

Some stress is a bad thing.

https:// learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/audio-zone/beating-stress

What do you do to beat stress? 

S-T-R-E-S-S

• Schedule
• Treat your body
• Relax
• Expectations
• Sleep
• smile