如何表達生活中的壓力
(What do you say when something causes your life to be stressful?)
◆Ways to express stress:(形容感到壓力的語句)
1.I am feeling anxious.
2.I am feeling a lot of anxiety.
3.I am stressed.
4.I am stressed out.
e.g.
(1) I am stressed (out) because I have a test tomorrow.
(2) I am stressed because I have a job interview next week.
(3) I stress out when my boss gives me too much work.
(4) I get stressed when my boss gives me too much work.
(5) I get stressed when I don’t have time to finish my project.
◆用法
1.My boss stresses me out. (Someone + stresses me out.)
2.Big storms stress me out. (Something + stresses me out.)
3.My English class is stressful. (Something is stressful.)
4.It is stressful right now to study for my English test.
◆Things to cause stress in life:
(太忙)Being too busy
1.You might have a lot on your mind.
2.You have a lot of errands to run.
(把事情擱到最後一刻)
1.Leaving things to the last minute
2.Doing things at the last minute
3.Procrastination 拖延
(別人造成的壓力)Caused by others
1.To be under pressure
2.To be under the gun
e.g. I am under the gun to get my project done on time.
◆Vocabulary (單字)
1.stress n. 緊張，壓力
2.pressure n. 壓力
e.g. Don’t put pressure on me. 別給我壓力
Can you do well under pressure? 你在壓力下工作能做得好嗎？
3.stressful adj. 緊張，焦慮，擔心
e.g. a stressful day / job 緊張的一天／工作
4.anxious adj. 焦慮的，不安的，擔心的
5.anxiety n. 焦慮，不安，擔心
e.g. job anxieties 工作上的煩惱
6.stress-related illness 壓力引起的疾病
7.have sth on your plate 有（很多工作）要做 忙得不可開交
8.have a lot on your mind 有心事；牽掛；擔心
e.g. He has a lot on his mind at the moment. 他此刻心事重重。
9.plan ahead 及早計畫
10.procrastinate v. 拖延時間
11.procrastination n. 拖延
