Unit Six The Pace of Life要点.ppt

Unit Six The Pace of Life Text A Old Father Time Becomes A Terror Text Organization Background Information 1. Richard Tomkins: consumer industries editor of the Financial Times, where he has been a member of the editorial staff since 1983. He is currently based at the companys London headquarters, where he leads a team of journalists covering the consumer goods sector and writes about consumer trends. 2. Stress in the Workplace It seems that more and more the most common complaint from the American worker is that he or she is under a large amount of work related stress. This is no surprise as surveys show that companies expect each worker to do more with less and work longer doing it! Do you feel time-pressed/time-stressed? With our fast paced world everyone wants something done instantly. We eat fast food restaurants, we often stop at corner convenience stores, we carry beepers and cellular phones to stay in touch, we ship overnight, we all have deadlines and everyone is always in a rush… Is stress good for a person or not ? A certain amount of stress is good for a person and builds character, extended stress has not only causes health problems but reduced work performance in an individual. New Words Study Vocabulary: bewilder, convention, multiply, burden, fraction, minute, prosperity, abundance Phrase: set about, eat into, amount to 1. cope (prologue) deal successfully (with sb. / sth. difficult ) 对付 cope with 有效地, 成功地对付或应付 deal with 采取行动去对付,并不考虑能否成功 E.g. 1) Health psychologists study how people cope with stress. 2) People who attempt suicide usually suffer from extreme emotional distress and feel unable to cope with their problems. 2. set about: (prologue) begin (a task); start (doing sth.) 开 Phrases: set about sth/doing sth set out to do sth E.g. 1) The school authorities must set