unit7-Lighten-Your-Load-and-Save-Your-Life

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,Lighten your Load and Save your Life,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,Background information,1.,A workaholic,is a person who works excessively or whose life is consumed by work.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,2.,The University of Nebraska,The university(1869)has four campuses.Its main campus is located in Lincoln,where colleges of arts and sciences,agriculture,education,architecture,engineering,and technology,business administration,home economics,journalism,and law are housed.Its Omaha campus has courses leading to bachelors and masters degrees.Its medical center has colleges of medicine,nursing,dentistry,and pharmacy.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,3.,Benjamin(Ben)Franklin,A very famous American of the 1700s,best known for his experiments with electricity and nature,using,kites.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,4.,Quotable Ben Franklin,Eat to live,and not live to eat.,Three may keep a secret,if two of them are dead.,Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy,and wise.,If you would not be forgotten as,you are dead and rotten,either write things worthy of reading,or do things worth the,writing.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,The worst wheel of a cart makes the most noise.,There are three faithful friends an old wife,an old dog,and ready money.,Glass,china,and reputation,are easily crackd,and never,well mended.,A country man between two lawyers,is like a fish between two cats.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,Dr.Robert S.Eliot,is a cardiologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.One of his best-sellers is,From Stress to Strength:How to Lighten Your Load and,Save Your Life.,You can read a short discussion on his book at,http:/www.watchtower.org/library/g/1998/3/22/article_01.htm.,Book 2,INTRDUCTION,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,Stress can kill you.Being tense can damage your heart so it is wise to take charge of your life and realize you,cannot control,everything.But you can control stress which is caused by fear,uncertainty,doubt and lack of control.Anger may be the root of this stress,especially for hard-working professional women and people with no goals in life.To relax and take control,try the NICE factors:new,interesting,challenging experiences.And follow Ben Franklins example by writing down the major goals you want to achieve in your life.For the problems over which you have no control,you have to learn to go with the flow.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS,Part I(para1-para2)presenting the topic of the essay.,Part II(para3-para5)mainly about the harmful effects of stress.,Part III(para6-para11)mainly about the causes of stress.,Part IV(para12-para18)This part presents us with some suggestions from Eliot as to how to deal with stress.,Part V(para19-para20)Conclusion.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,TEXT UNDERSTANDING,1.,overwhelm,1)affect sb.s emotions in a powerful way,使不知所措，（感情上）使（某人）受不了,I was quite overwhelmed by excitement when my team won the game.,2)defeat,击败,They were overwhelmed by the enemy.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,2.,to spin out of control,迅速失去控制,不论形势多么严重，他从不让理智失控。,No matter how grave situations grow,he never lets his senses spin out of control.,3.,beyond ones,control,超出某人的控制范畴,你要想心静，就不必去揽自己管不了的事情,To keep your mind at peace,you neednt bother to take on what is beyond your control.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,4.,title,vt.give a name to a book,article.,给（书或文章）取名,Shakespeare titled his play A Mid-summer Nights Dream.,n.a name of a book,article,etc.,名称；题目；称呼，头衔,I can never remember film titles.,Whats his title?Is he Doctor or just Professor?,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,5.,among other,things,除了其他事情之外,他最擅长的不单单是剽窃别人的劳动成果。,What he is best at,among other things,is to lift the fruits from others labor,.,6.,excess,adj.more than is usual or necessary,过量的；过多的,Excess exercise can sometimes cause health problems.,n.U an amount that is mare than what is needed or wanted,过量；无节制,An excess of enthusiasm is not always a good thing.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,7.,pump,vt.Make liquid or gas move in a particular direction using a pump,（用泵）抽吸,The heart pumps the blood round the body.,8.,attribute sth.to sb,.,把,归因于,She attributes her success to hard work and a bit of luck.,attribute n.C,属性，特性,Patience is one of the most important attributes in a teacher.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,9.,to be all things to all people/all,men,有求必应；八面玲珑,为了让人人都说好，她深谙八面玲珑之道。,For everyone to think highly of her,she knows well the art of being all things to all people.,10.,to blow ones top,勃然大怒,/,大发雷霆,获悉自己的女友恋上了另一男生，他勃然大怒,Informed of the news that his girlfriend had become attracted to another boy,he blew his top.,Book 2,Unit 7,New Horizon College English,11.,cycle,n,.,1,）,C a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same,order,循环,，,周期,I enjo