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1. Unit Seven Section A Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life

2. Teaching Objectives 1. Enlarge vocabulary 2. To learn about how to arrange life and cope with stress. 3. Learn to read for main ideas 4. Word building: the suffixes –ful: it can be added to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning full of.

3. Background Information • The University of Nebraska (1) The university (1869) has four campuses. Its main campus is located in Lincoln, where colleges of arts and sciences, agriculture, education, architecture, engineering, and technology, business administration, home economics, journalism, and law are housed.

4. Background Information • The University of Nebraska (2) Its Omaha campus has courses leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The University of Nebraska’s medical center has colleges of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy.

5. Background Information 2. Benjamin (Ben) Franklin: a very famous American of the 1700’s best known for his experiments with electricity and nature, using kites.

6. Background Information What pressures are college students under? Discussion • How should college students deal with these • pressures? As a college student, have you ever experienced stress in your life?

7. Warming-up Activities Questions & Answers • According to the author, what may be the result of hot-reactors’ being tense? 2. What main factors, according to Eliot, cause harmful levels of stress? 3. What new factors does Eliot recommend in order to calm yourselves down? 4. What does the example of Ben Franklin show?

8. Warming-up Activities 5. From Eliot’s viewpoint, how de we face all the problems and difficulties in our daily stress?

9. Vocabulary and Structure 1. to feel / be overwhelmed (with…) e.g. The whole nation was overwhelmed with excitement and joy when Beijing succeeded in bidding for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. 当北京成功地获得了2008年奥运会主办权时，举国上下都沉浸在激动和喜悦之中。 2. to spin out of control 快速加剧而失去控制 e.g.At the critical moment, the government took effective measures to prevent the infectious disease from spinning out of control. 危机关头，政府采取了有效措施，阻止了这种传染病的迅速加剧而失去控制。

10. 3. beyond one’s control 失控 e.g. In realistic life, we must keep our minds so prepared for things beyond our control as to cope efficiently with them later on. 现实生活中，我们必须为那些不可控制的事件做好准备，以便随后能有效地应对。 4. to lighten one’s load 减轻压力（负担） e.g. The core of the issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers is to lighten the farmers’ load and increase their income. “三农” 问题的核心就是要减 轻农民负担，提高农民收入。

11. 5. among other things 除其他……之外 e.g. It goes without saying that a peaceful and stable environment, among other things, proves to be of vital importance for China. 不言而喻，除其他因素之外，一个和平稳定 的环境对中国至关重要。

12. 6. to attribute… to… 把……归因于…… e.g. Some people wrongly attribute success to good luck, but the truth is that hard work is the key to success. 一些人把成功 错误地归因于运气，但事实是：刻苦努力是 成功的关键。

13. 7. on the exterior 表面上 e.g. On the exterior, this building is grand and magnificent, reflecting the typical styles of European architecture arts. 从 外表看，这座建筑物雄伟壮观，集中体现了 欧洲建筑艺术风格。 8. on the interior 本质上，内在地 e.g. On the exterior, she is timid and weak- willed; but on the interior, she has a rather strong mind and never yields to any difficulties. 她貌似怯弱，但内心却十 分坚强，在困难面前从不屈服。

14. 9.the root of ... …….的根源 e.g. A great dam has been built up so as to eliminate the root of flood, which used to endanger the people along the river. 一座大坝已经建立起来，从而彻底根除了过 去威胁着沿岸人民安全的洪水。

15. 10. to be all things 十全十美 e.g. As is opposite to the reality, some parents expect their children to be all things, thus urging them to learn this and that after class. 一些家长不切合实际地希望自己的孩子十全 十美，因此逼迫他们在课余时间学这学那。

16. 11. to blow one’s top 大发雷霆 e.g. The coach pinned high hopes on his team; so when they suffered a complete defeat in the match, he blew his top. 教练对自己的球队寄予厚望，因而当球队 在比赛中被打得一败涂地时，他大发雷霆。

17. 12. to have no compass in life 生活没有方向 e.g. If ambition is likened to the navigation mark for one’s life, those with no ambition have no compass in life. 如果把理想比作人生的航标，那么，那些 无所追求的人生活没有方向。

18. 13. to give emphasis to… 看重/强调 …… e.g. In the course of children’s growth, we should give as much emphasis to the cultivation of their love for others as to their intellectual development. 在孩子的成长过程中，我们应把对孩子的爱心培养和智力发展看得同等重要。 14. to own anger 生气 e.g. He is so tolerant that he never owns anger even when suffering wrong. 他心胸非常豁达，即使受了委屈，也从来不生气。

19. 15. to stir in one’s own juice 受煎熬 e.g. When their favorite team met its Waterloo and lost the hope of getting into the finals, the devoted fans were stirring in their own juice as if it were the end of the world. 当自己最喜爱的球队兵败麦城 从而无望打 入决赛时，这些忠实的球迷在痛苦中煎熬， 仿佛天都要塌下来了。

20. 16. to blow apart with sth. 因······而跨下来 e.g. The company, which once achieved a roaring success, is now about to blow apart with the lack of money and efficient management. 这家公司曾经获得巨大成功，可是由于缺乏资金和有效管理，现在行将跨塌。 17. on one’s trail 在路上 e.g. So long as you go ahead steadily and proceed step by step on your trail to the pyramid of success, you are bound to reach its peak. 在通往成功的金字塔的道路上，只要你稳扎稳打，一步一个台阶，你就一定能登上顶峰。

21. 18. to cut sth. down to… 降低到······ e.g. Thanks to the efficient and proper treatment after the accident, the damage was cut down to the minimum level. 由于有效的善后处理工作，事故造成的损失降到了最低限度。 19. to set one’s priorities 确定优先做的事情 e.g. Whatever you do, priorities should be set because it is unwise to try to attend to big and small matters all at once. 无论做什么事情都应该有个轻重缓急，因为眉毛胡子一把抓是不明智的。

22. 20. So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength. object/predictive + does/is + subject Inverted order is to keep the sentence in balance and also to achieve end-focus and end-weight. Example: More important is the issue that the kids should receive education suitable to their age. 更为重要的问题是：孩子们应该受到与他们年龄相当的教育。

23. Text Analysis What is the text mainly about?(1) Stress exerts great impact upon people both physically and psychologically. According to the research done by Dr. Robert S. Eliot excess stress may cause tremendous and rapid increases in blood pressure and then bring damage to the heart.

24. Text Analysis What is the text mainly about?(2) In fact these problems may be attributed to such FUD factors as fear, uncertainty, doubt and lack of control. To cope with stress, we should take charge of our life, lighten the load and learn to fit in with the life.

25. How is the text organized?(1) The passage is broadly put into four parts: the threat of stress to one’s health; how it affects one’s heart; the causes of the stress; and the steps to cope with the stress. The passage as a whole is developed through the techniques of cause-and-effect and quotation.

26. How is the text organized?(2) In the first two parts, the threat of stress is revealed through indirect quotation and a sort of chain of causes and effects. In the second two parts, the major causes of and steps against stress are explored through question-asking, direct and indirect quotation, and illustration.

27. A brief introduction to the stress in life (Paras. 1-3) How the stress threatens one’s life (Paras. 4-6) The response of Gail’s father to the marriage (Paras. 10-21) Measures to cope with the stress in life (Paras. 12-20)

28. Text Analysis Part I(Paras. 1-3) A brief introduction to the stress in life By citing quotations from Robert S. Eliot, the author exchanges his opinion with the readers in a form of conversation — If you often feel angry and overwhelmed, then you may be hurting your heart…If you don’t want to break your heart, you need to…

29. Text Analysis • PartII (Paras. 4-6) How the stress threatens one’s life To make his idea more convincing, the author adopts the findings of researchers to explain how excess stress affects one’s heart through a sort of chain of causes and effects as well as exemplification.

30. Text Analysis Part III (Paras. 7-11) Major causes of the stress in life To help the reader gain a better insight into the root of stress — anger, the author adopts such methods as question-asking, exemplification, and cause-and-effect.

31. Text Analysis Part IV (Paras. 12-20) Measures to cope with the stress in life. By quoting directly from Eliot’s book and giving typical examples, the author puts forth several suggestions and some effective measures to cope with the problem of stress.

32. Vocabulary Test Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best complete the sentence. 1. The ____ of the play is clear to the audience. A. title B. headline C. headings D. topic 2. He carried his grief to ___ . A. excess B. excessive C. extra D. exceed D A

33. Vocabulary Test B 3. He ____ his friend for this job. A. recommended B. prompted C. suggested D. advised 4. He _____ all his success to the leadership of the Party. A. distributes B. attributes C. contributes D. attaches D

34. Vocabulary Test D 5. The plane got ____ control and crashed. A. under B. in C. over D. out of 6. We will travel in the ____ during the holiday. A. inside B. inner C. inn D. interior D

35. Vocabulary Test A 7. Do children react ____ kind treatment by becoming more self-confident? A. to B. on C. against D. with 8. A good language learner can be ____ of his teacher. A. dependent B. detached C. independent D. indifferent C

36. Vocabulary Test C 9. If medicine supplies are short, children will be given ____. A. advantage B. benefit C. priority D. right 10. The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more ____. A. tense B. intensive C. potential D. risky A

37. Assignment: 1. To Review the Language Points 2. Preview “Section B of Unit 7”, including reading skills, the passage and the related exercises. 3. To do the relevant exercises in section A