山东省自考英语二Unit 4.docVIP

Unit 4 （山东省自考英语） Text A Don’t Let Anger Get the Best of You 别让怒火击溃你 You’re late for a job interview when traffic slows to a crawl． 交通阻塞，车辆缓慢地爬行，你因此而面试迟到； In the supermarket，a customer wheeling a full cart cuts ahead of you in the express checkout line． 超市里你排在快速结账口，有个推着满满一车货物的顾客正好插在你前头； You spend months on a project，and your lazy colleague gets the promotion． 为一个项目，你耗费了几个月的心血，而结果你那懒惰的同事得到了提升。 Do you feel angry ? 很恼火是吧? Before you lose your temper，take a deep breath and remember this：Anger hurts． 在你怒火爆发之前，深吸一口气，记住：怒气伤身。 Studies have found that high levels of anger and hostility are related to greater risks of heart disease，poor immune responses，and even a tendency to get fat． 一个又一个研究表明，怒火冲天及产生敌对情绪会增加患心脏病几率、免疫系统衰竭，甚至还有发胖的危险。 Men with high levels of anger were three times more likely to develop heart disease than the calmer，a Harvard School of Public Health study found． 哈佛大众健康研究院的一项研究表明：怒气冲冲的男性得心脏疾病的可能性要比脾气温和的同龄人高出3倍以上! And in women， arguments with spouses raise hormone levels and lower immunity—a real problem， since lower immunity may raise women’s risk of cancer． 至于女性，与配偶争吵会增加荷尔蒙分泌而降低免疫力，这是个严重的问题，因为免疫能力降低会加剧女性患癌症的可能性。 It doesn’t seem to matter whether you release the anger or hold it in，experts say． 专家指出，发泄或抑制怒气，其后果没什么两样， The effects on your health are the same． 两者对健康造成的影响是一样的。 “Anger is anger, ”says Redford Williams，M．D．，director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke University Medical Center and coauthor of the book Life Skills．“Both are harmful to health．” “生气就是生气，两者都对健康构成危害。”杜克大学医学院行为药物研究中心主任、《生命的技巧》的合著者医学博士莱德福?威廉姆斯这样说。 The good news is that it is possible to control your anger． 乐观的消息是，愤怒可以控制。 “By evaluating (评估)it and using different techniques，you can calm down（平静下来），”Williams says． “对整件事做出评价，然后，通过使用各种方法，你可以让自己不再生气，”威廉姆斯说， “That’s what’s nice about us humans． We can always do something or not do something to change our behavior．” “这也是人类的奇妙之处：我们总能做些什么或不做什么来改变行为。” Take Stock对自己进行一次预测或评估 Many people who are angry don’t recognize themselves as angry，