视听说教程第二版第三册OL听力原文unit 4

Unit 4

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Get in the habit!

We all know that good habits bring good health, but we don’t realize how much difference they can make. In the 1970s, scientists at the university of California – Los Angeles interviewed 7,000 people about their health habits. Then they followed these people to see how long they lived. The scientists discovered that seven habits were closely linked with a longer life.

There habits are:

1. eating breakfast every day

2. avoiding snacks between meals

3. keeping an ideal weight – not too heavy or too thin

4. exercising regularly

5. sleeping seven to eight hours per night – not more or less

6. not smoking

7. drinking two or fewer alcoholic drinks per day

The researchers found that these habits had a powerful effect on health. People in this study who had three or fewer of these habits lived another 21.6 years. People who had six or seven could expect to live another 33 years! People aged 55 to 64 with all seven good habits were as healthy as younger people aged 25 to 34 who practice only one or two of the habits.

But how do you change your habits? A slow approach is the best way. Make one small change every week. And be patient. It takes about 21 days to form a new habit.

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Surprising syndromes of modern life

Margaret’s friend is taking a new job in a faraway city. She wants to hole a farewell dinner party at her home. But she can’t. Margaret suffers from CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Her apartment is messy and she’s embarrassed by it. “I’ve never been a tidy person,” she says. “My best friend gave me some good advice. He told me to get a maid.”

Today it’s so easy to get information…and lots of it. We receive telephone calls all day long. People expect a quick response to their faxes, test messages, and e-mail messages. For some people, it’s too much. They have information fatigue syndrome. There is so much information, they become paralyzed and can’t think clearly.” I can’t sleep at night because I worry,” says Bahman, a college senior. “It’s terrible.”

Hurry sickness is a straightforward name for another syndrome of modern life.” I’m always rushing. I get headaches a lot. Taking aspirin sees to help,” says Mari, a mother of two and a party-time company employee. Do you engage in” deskfast” (eating breakfast at your desk at work) more than once a week ?Then you, too, may suffer from hurry sickness!

We’ve all complained about having too much work to do. Well, how about not having enough work? Underload syndrome is caused by having little or nothing to do at the office. You have to pretend that you’re working. Steven works as a project manager. “I can finish my work in about four hours, but I’m afraid to say anything about it. I don’t want to be assigned too much work!” In severe cases, people with this syndrome can get very bored and even become depressed.

Chances are you’ve experienced phone neck before. Another name for it would be “pain in the neck,” because that’s what people with this condition experience. Holding the phone between your neck and your ear for a long time causes phone neck. A good long massage is the suggested treatment for this syndrome.

Optional listening 5

Key:

Come over; feeling; tired; dizzy; have a fever; anxious about; president of her university; has been canceled; miracle or something; really nervous about

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