More than half the adult population claims to be suffering from
it. It makes us tense, irritable and affects ours concentration. Worse, it
damages our health, causing everything from heart attacks to asthma, from
chronic fatigue to spots. Cynics are quick to dismiss the phenomenon as
fashionable hype. And they have a point. After all, we are lives longer lives
than any generation before us. Most of us have more cash, more holidays, more
consumer durables, and more choices in our lives than ever before. {{U}}Faced with
the historical evidence of human survival, trimuph and even happiness, against
far greater odds than we experience today, talk of stress, the modem disease,
just sounds like whingeing (诉苦、埋怨){{/U}}. Yet for many people stress is real
enough. The effects of sudden and shocking events on physical and mental health
have been well documented. But, crises are not the only things to damage our
health. Professor Ben Fletcher, psychologist and Dean of the Business School at
the University of Hertfordshire, argues that the work people do has a huge
effect on their risk of physical disease. {{U}}High demands, combined with low
control, lack of support, and especially monotonous work, are stressful and
increase our chance of an early death.{{/U}}
填空题
Cynics believe stress won't do such great harm to people as stated in paragraph 1.
填空题
Carry Cooper believes that all the conditions mentioned like crisis, high demands, low control, etc, belongs to the concept "stress".
填空题
According to Cooper, pressure is different from stress because stress does absolute harm to people, while pressure does not.
问答题
Translate the following sentences of the passage into Chinese.
Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
Faced with the historical evidence of human survival, triumph and even happiness, against far greater odds than we experience today, talk of stress, the modern disease, just sounds like whingeing.
Faced with the historical evidence of human survival, triumph and even happiness, against far greater odds than we experience today, talk of stress, the modern disease, just sounds like whingeing.
【正确答案】历史证据显示，古人遇到了比我们大得多的生存挑战，然而他们生存了下来，并取得了成功，甚至获得了幸福。比较而言，我们谈论的压力，这个现代的疾病，听起来就像是在没完没了的抱怨。
(本句的翻译需注意语序的调整，使译文通顺，表达意思清晰明了。其中主句主语为“talk of stress, the modem disease”，主句谓语为sounds。odds指“逆境，困难”。)
【答案解析】
问答题
High demands, combined with low control, lack of support, and especially monotonous work, are stressful and increase our chances of an early death.
【正确答案】高要求、低下的控制力、支持的缺乏、特别是单调的工作都会带来压力，并且增加我们早逝的机率。
(句中are stressful和increase our chance of an early death为并列成分，均指上述状况带来的危害，翻译时可进行词性的转化，把are stressful译为“带来压力”，使与之后的“增加早逝几率”结构一致。)
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