PRS: Stress Handout, March 29

DISCUSSION ABOUT STRESS, unit 10
PART 1


1. a. To have a good open relationship with somebody means to be close (adj.) to somebody.
b. I have many friends but no (adj) close friends.
2.A LONER is someone who (what?) doesn’t like to hang out with people. He’s a loner; he hates being around people.
3. To move someone from one department to another (another expressions. V).
They will transfer (another expression, V) shift Bianca from the English Department to the Cleaning Department. She hates dirt!

3. Result or influence ( effect)
a. Smoking has a bad (what? N) effect on health.
b. Poor diet has a bad (what?N) effect on people’ health.

4. stay
You can check out the books, but journals and magazine must stay (another expression? V) remain in the library. 5.
5. the worst
Professors are usually very sick people. Among them, Bianca’s health is the poorest.
5. a small amount of something used for testing or analysis s is a sample.

a. When you have a yearly general medical exam you usually give to the doctor a urine and blood (what?) sample.
b. You buy something at the Body Shop and they give you a sample of their new whitening cream.

6. way of resolving difficulty, finding an answer to a problem

If you have solved your problem, (e.g. you were looking for an apartment and now you’ve found it), you have found a (what? Noun) solution to your problem.

7. body’s ability to fight sickness is called immunity.
a. People who eat healthy diet and exercise regularly have a better immune system.
b. Kimchi will increase your immunity to the flu/influenza,/chicken flu.

8. Few VS. a Few

a. I was so disappointed. Not too many people showed up at my party.
OR. Only (few/a few) few people showed up at my party.

b. Why are you so upset? I didn’t eat all the cookies. There are still (few?a few) a few left.

9. the (comparative) ___________ the (_ ___________)comparative

The happier I am the better my health.
a. When should I come to your office, Mr. Clarke?
b. The sooner the better. (as soon as you can)
The more money you make the more friends you have (ha?true?)
(the number of friends you have is directly related to the amount of ‘won’ you have)
The more bacon you eat the more clogged your arteries.
10. More likely (more probable)
a. A woman in her 30’s is 10 times more likely to be struck by the lightning than to find a husband (“Bridget Jones’s Diary).
b. I am more likely to forgive your absence if you bring me a doctor’s note. (You have better chances of me forgiving your absence).
11. twice/ three times as likely
Obese people are twice as likely to die of heart attack.
(Their chances are two times greater).
For every 10 slim people who die of heart attack, there are 20 obese people who die of heart attack
Three times as likely:
For every 10 people who die of heart attack, 30 obese ones do.