Now report to the class like this:

James often suffers from aches and pains but the himself doesn’t know why.

Coping with moods Depression

Whenever I feel depressed, I have a hot bath.

If ever

Once I’ve soaked in it … for a few minutes,

done that …

I’m all right again.

Ex. 19. a) How do you cope with the following moods?

anger depression tiredness boredom

guilt loneliness fear

b) Choose suitable ‘cures’ from this list:

go to bed	throw things at the wall
have something to eat	have a hot bath
go to the library	have a drink
shut myself in my room	put my best clothes on and go out
telephone a good friend	put my feet up and watch television
go to the cinema	go out buy myself something

Make sentences like this:

Whenever I feel …, I … .

c) Suggest you own personal ‘cures’ if you like.

Ex.20. Your place in the Stress League

The way our jobs affect the way we live and how we feel is very important. Most of us spend more of our waking hours at work than we do even with our families. In fact, we may spend over 100,000 hours at work in a lifetime. People do many different jobs, and are satisfied for different reasons. They also suffer from many different problems and stresses.

a) Why do you think some jobs are mote stressful than others?

Look at the list of jobs and arrange it from the most to the least stressful

Psychologist	Local government officer	Beauty therapist
Stockbroker	Professional footballer	Dentist
Personnel	Social worker	Taxman
Film producer	Doctor	Teacher
Politician	Journalist	Manager (commerce)
Armed forces	Prison officer	Nurse, midwife
Vet	Fireman	Actor
Artist designer	Salesman, shop assistant	Bus driver
Architect	Farmer	Diplomat
Statistician	Engineer	Linguist
Occupational therapist	Hairdresser	Nursery nurse
Miner	Optician
Librarian	Museum worker
Banker	Police
	Pilot (civil)

B) Now work in pairs and compare your ideas with those of your partner’s

Talk to each other about why some jobs are mote stressful than others, like this:

I don’t understand why a bus driver’s job is more stressful than a diplomat’s job. – I think what makes it stressful is _______________.

c) Think of other stressful jobs.

d) Finally compare your own rates with the one from a magazine.

Your Place in the Stress League

Rating is from 10 to zero the higher the rate the greater the pressure

Miner	8,3	Farmer	4,8
Police	7,7	Armed forces	4,7
Journalist	7,5	Vet	4,5
Pilot (civil)	7,5	Engineer	4,3
Prison officer	7,5	Hairdresser	4,3
Dentist	7,3	Local government officer	4,3
Actor	7,2	Artist designer	4,2
Politician	7,0	Architect	4,0
Doctor	6,8	Optician	4,0
Taxman	6,8	Statistician	4,0
Film producer	6,5	Banker	3,7
Nurse, midwife	6,5	Computing	3,7
Fireman	6,3	Occupational therapist	3,7
Teacher	6,2	Linguist	3,7
Personnel	6,0	Beauty therapist	3,5
Social worker	6,0	Nursery nurse	3,3
Manager (commerce)	5,8	Museum worker	2,3
Professional footballer	5,8	Librarian	2,0
Salesman, shop assistant	5,7
Stockbroker	5,5
Bus driver	5,4
Psychologist	5,2
Diplomat	4,8

The way we feel about a job can affect our health. When we feel that we meet a challenge, even enjoy it, then the stress doesn’t have a bad effect on us. Positive stress can even be good for us. But if we are doing our best, and failing, the effects can be disastrous. As life moves faster and jobs become harder, more and more people feel they’re losing.