Topic 4 Healthy lifestyle

1 Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate words

analysis, changes, confront, maintain, may, or, promotions, quite, shocks, stressors, they, trying,
unrealistic, which, with


Until recently it was generally believed that to __________ good health people should strive to
avoid __________ in their lives. Such a strategy can be __________ limiting, however. The desire to
avoid stress __________also lead people to avoid potentially beneficial __________ in their lives,
such as job changes or __________ . Moreover, the attempt to avoid stress is often __________ .
How, for example, can a person avoid such __________ as a partner's death? In fact, if people do
not __________ a certain amount of stress in their lives, __________ will end up being bored and
unstimulated, __________ can also be physically harmful. In the last __________ , each person needs
to come to terms __________ stress in his or her own way, sometimes __________ to avoid it, but
sometimes accepting it __________ even seeking it out as a challenge to be mastered.


2 Match the words in bold with the meanings/definitions

Stress may also contribute to disease in less direct ways, by influencing moods and behavior.
People under stress may become anxious or depressed and as a result may eat too much or too little,
have sleep difficulties, smoke or drink more, or fail to exercise. These behavioral changes may, in
turn, be harmful to their health.

In addition, people are more likely to pay attention to certain bodily sensations, such as aches
and pains, when they are under stress and to decide that they are “sick”.


1 very worried about sth that may happen so that you think about it all the time _____

2 to help to cause sth _______

3 to be unsuccessful in sth that you want to do _____

4 the way you feel at a particular time _____

5 the ability to feel, especially through your sense of touch _____

6 suffering from a disease or illness _____

7 something that happens or exists because of sth that happened before _____





Key

1 maintain, stressors, quite, may, changes, promotions, unrealistic, shocks, confront, they, which,
analysis, with, trying, or

2 anxious, contribute, fail, mood, sensation, sick, result