北师大版高一英语单词语境记忆文章三篇（必修1）.docVIP

Unit1 Lifestyle语境记忆小文章1 Everyone has his own lifestyle [laifstail] in modern society [s?sai?ti].Some like living a peaceful and relaxing life, while others prefer a busy and stressful one. Here are two examples for you. My cousin, Mark, belongs to the first kind. Every morning when he opens his eyes, the first thing for him to do is to switch on the TV. He also likes to switch over frequently [fri:kw?ntli]. He never gets bored of any programmes [pr?ugr?ms] and doesnt switch it off. until his wife asks him to have breakfast. His wife always complains [k?mpleins] about him for this. Sometimes she even cant stand his behaviour [biheivj?], but Mark doesnt mind.He hopes that watching TV takes up all his spare time and wants to be a couch[kaut?] potato, because he doesnt like the life full of pressure [pre??]. My friend, Helen, who graduated from a famous university [ju:niv?:siti], is now an accountant [?kaunt?nt] in a big company in the center of London.Every morning, when her alarm clock goes off,she jumps out of her bed.With a little breakfast, she hurried to catch the 7:15 crowded tube,otherwise [?e?waiz] she’ll be late for work, because she doesnt live nearby London. Helens whole day is always filled with urgent [?:d??nt] matters. For her, every minute matters and she even has no time to deal with her personal emails.Helens job is full of challenge [t??lind?] and stress. Sometimes, to finish a report, she has to bring the documents [d?kjum?nts] back home to work until midnight. Besides, she is studying how to design [dizain] advertisements[?dv?:tism?nts] by distance [dist?ns] learning. I once told her to reduce [ridju:s] her work and join in more social [s?u??l] activities,but she refused [rifju:zd].As a result,she suffered [s?f?d] from sickness and has to turn to the doctor for help. The health expert [eksp?:t] tells her the only thing to solve [s?lv] her healthy problem is to stop working and have a good rest. Which lifestyle do you prefer? I suppose [s?p?u