Complete the sentences with the appropriate word from exercise 1 i know you think

1. I
   worked until 11 o’clock at night to meet the
   ……………………. for presenting the report.

2. I
   work six days a week and never have a holiday. My girlfriend says
   I’m a ……………………….. .

3. Carl
   has a heavy ………………………. at the moment because
   several colleagues are sick.

4. She
   left a highly paid job to join a research group in India. She has
   completely changed her ………………… .

5. A
   …………………….. system can help to reduce stress levels
   of employees.

3. Use the following word
combinations in sentences of your own:

meet the deadline

be/ become a workaholic

have a heavy workload

change the lifestyle

a flexitime system

Reading

Dealing with stress

It
is common knowledge that people are stressed at work nowadays because
our modern lifestyle can’t provide them with an opportunity to
relax properly. And the problems they have to deal with are becoming
one of the main causes of stress not only at work, but at home as
well.

Another
major cause of stress at work today is increasing job insecurity.
People are afraid that they can lose their job. They don’t feel
that it’s safe. Moreover, working long hours is becoming more and
more common in all European countries. A typical family nowadays is a
working family where both the members have a job and spend most of
their time at their work place. It ruins the work-life balance of
people and results in family problems.

But
men and women deal with stress in different ways. Women are more
flexible and seem to cope with pressures better than men. Many
working women have double pressure on then because they have to look
after their children, work in the home- do the cooking and cleaning –
as well as work in a paying job. But the number of women who become
ill from stress seems to be less than men. This is because women have
a number of strategies to cope with stress. They can express their
emotions openly, which men find difficult to do. They can go to
somebody and talk about their problems. And in general women don’t
pretend that problems don’t exist.

1.Underline
the correct variant in the following sentences.

1. Men/Women
   are more flexible.

2. Men/Women
   cope
   with pressure better.

3. Men/Women
   have
   more stress-related illnesses.

2.
In your opinion, which of the following apply more to men or women.
Why?

Men/Women

1. are
   better time managers

2. are
   less worried about deadlines

3. have
   more pressure outside work

4. are
   less ambitious

5. worry
   more about making mistakes

6. pay
   more attention to detail

7. are
   better at doing many things at the same time

8. are
   more likely to become angry when stressed

3.
Retell the text.

Grammar
review.

Past
Simple and Present Perfect

1. Cross
   out the incorrect sentence in each pair.

1. Stress
   levels have increased in recent years.

Stress
levels increased in recent years.

1. The
   role of women changed dramatically since 1999.

The
role of women has changed dramatically since 1999.

1. I
   resigned two years ago.

I
have resigned two years ago.

1. Have
   you ever been abroad on business?

Did you ever go abroad on
business?

1. I
   have attended a sales conference last week.

I
attended a sales conference last week.

1. Write
   the time expressions from the box under the correct heading.

So far two years ago ever in 2004 yet just yesterday already never last Monday since 2001 when I was at university for three years lately

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Complete the sentences with the appropriate function words.
1. Who paid for the dinner?
2. What mark did Jack get _ science last Thursday?
3. I don’t know what happened _ them.
4. Brian became a university student _ the age of seventeen.
5. What was Lily’s mark _ the last test?
6. I’m not afraid _ mice.
7. Are you sure _ the answer?
8. I’m going to write _ my grandparents _ the evening.
9. In this shop you can pay _ rubles, _ dollars and _ euros.
10. I didn’t see Mrs Loveday _ church yesterday.
11. We are tired _ these boring exercises.
12. Listen _ me, please.