CONTENTS

Section 1 Personal Relationships 2

Section 2 Health and Fitness 14
Section 3 Learning and Study 26
Section 4 Travel and Transport 38
Section 5 Money 50
Section 6 House and Home 62
Section 7 The Mini Dictionary 74
Grammar Summary 82
Answer Key 84
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COPING WITH STRESS
T H E V E R B S I N A C T I ON
Look at the pictures. Which of the ideas are mentioned in the text?
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5 6 7 8
Stress is part of modern life. But what can we do about it? Here are
eight DOs and DONTs for coping with stress from Dr Peter Kelly,
Director of the Stress Control Society.
DO find a hobby so you can switch off and forget about work.
DO take short breaks. They are often better than long holidays
with pressure before you go and problems when you are
back home.
DO keep down consumption of alcohol, tea, coffee, and cola
drinks.
DO plan things in advance. Saying no now can stop stress levels
going up in the future.
DO work off stress with physical activity. Exercise can make
stress levels go down.
DO look after yourself eat when youre hungry, rest when
youre tired. Take time off if youre ill.
DONT bottle feelings up. Talk about about them, write about them.
DONT forget about relaxing. Use a technique like transcendental
meditation, or yoga, or listen to music or a relaxation
cassette.
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WH A T D O T H E Y ME A N?
Read the text and match the phrasal verbs with the definitions.
1 bottle up a do something about a problem successfully
2 cope with b stop thinking about
3 go down c take care of, be responsible for
4 go up d lose by exercise, get rid of
5 keep down e increase
6 look after f keep problems to yourself
7 switch off g decrease
8 work off h keep at a low level
C H E C K P OI NT
Read the sentences and answer the questions about meanings.
1 She bottled up her anger.
Did she tell someone she was angry? Yes/No?
2 He coped with all the extra work.
Did he do the work OK? Yes/No?
3 Her blood pressure went down.
Did her blood pressure rise or fall? Rose/Fell?
4 His blood pressure went up.
Did his blood pressure rise or fall? Rose/Fell?
5 She kept her blood pressure down.
Was her blood pressure low or high? Low/High?
6 They went to work during the day and the grandmother looked
after the children.
Was someone there for the children in the day? Yes/No?
7 She worked hard from Monday to Friday and then switched off at
the weekends.
Did she think about work at home? Yes/No?
8 He worked off his anger in the gym.
a Did he feel angry before he went to the gym? Yes/No?
b Did he feel angry after he left the gym? Yes/No?
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C H E C K P OI NT
1 THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE
Choose the correct verb in the sentences about an executive who did
nothing right.
1 He didnt look after/keep down his health.
2 He didnt cope with/switch off at home.
3 He didnt keep down/bottle up the amount of alcohol he drank.
4 He didnt work off/bottle up his anxiety in the gym.
5 He didnt cope with/look after the pressure at the office.
6 His feelings went up/were bottled up.
7 His stress levels didnt go up/go down.
8 The pressure on him went down/went up all the time.
She bottled up her anger.
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2 GETTING HELP
A busy office manager has problems with stress and goes for help to a
psychiatrist. Fill the gaps in the conversation. Use each verb from the
box once only and put it in its correct form.
PATIENT Ive come to see you because Im finding it impossible to
(a) cope with my work and my marriage.
PSYCHIATRIST Are you finding that the amount of stress in your life is
(b) ...... ?
PATIENT Oh, yes, its certainly getting worse.
PSYCHIATRIST And do you have any way of (c) ...... when youre at
home and away from the office?
PATIENT No, there are problems at home with my family and so
theres no one I can really talk to. I just (d) ...... it all ......
inside.
PSYCHIATRIST So what do you do about the stress?
PATIENT Well, I suppose I drink lots of coffee at work to keep
going. And most days Ill go to the pub on the way
home.
PSYCHIATRIST So do you think youre (e) ...... your alcohol and caffeine
intake?
PATIENT Oh, yes. Its usually just half a pint at the pub and I get
headaches after four cups of coffee, so that keeps that
under control.
PSYCHIATRIST OK, good. Now what about exercise? Do you do
anything to help (f) ...... the stress and tension?
PATIENT Well, sometimes I walk home thats about 3 miles
and that seems to make the tension (g) ...... .
PSYCHIATRIST Yes, its important to (h) ...... your physical condition in
some way.
bottle up cope with go down go up
keep down look after switch off work off
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