第46课（495字 3分钟）

Passage Forty-six

（K4 level）

1.It's 2009. You feel sick, so you go to the doctor.

2.She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks what you've been thinking about lately.

3.When you leave，she gives you some medicine, but also a list of thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily.

4.She says that the way you think is causing some of your illness.

5.Doctors and other scientists who study the human mind and try to explain why people behave in the way that they do, called psychologists, are starting to believe it.

6.You know that your brain is connected to every part of your body through your nervous system.

7.Now scientists have proved that how you think and feel can have an influence on the health of your body.

8.Stress is caused whenever there is a problem or a change in your life.

9.Of course, everybody has stress more or less; nobody's life is perfect.

10.In fact, stress is necessary. Without stress, we would never learn anything or grow or change.

11.We would probably be bored to death.

12.But too much stress can hurt you.

13.It can weaken your body’s protection so that you are more likely to catch diseases.

14.It can even make you more likely to have an accident.

15.When you feel stress, your brain sends a message to your body to produce a chemical called adrenaline.

16.Adrenaline speeds up your breathing and your heartbeat.

17.Today you have a different kind of stress.

18.Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kind of things you can't fight or run away from, so you don't use up all that adrenaline.

19.It just stays bottled up inside you, and that's what can do something bad to you.

20.What can you do about stress?

21.First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren't under so much stress.

22.You can set up a plan to finish homework or go to a doctor or a psychologist to try to work things out with your family or your friends.

23.But sometimes you can't change a stressful situation.

24.Sometimes you don't even want to.

25.A big change might be a good change, but it will still be stressful.

26.The link between your body and brain works in two ways.

27.Your body can help your mind deal with stress.

28.If you are under stress, you need to take especially good care of your body.

29.It's important to get enough sleep and eat nutritious meals.

30.Some people take a vitamin-mineral pill every day.

31.Another thing that you can do is daily exercise.

32.If you go walking or do aerobic dancing or work out at the gym, you give your body a chance to burn up some of that adrenaline.

33.Of course, a person who isn’t used to much physical activity should start slowly.

34.Anyone with a continuing physical problem should check with a doctor before starting any exercise programs.

生词表（New Words）

1. sick 不适                            doctor 医生

2. fever 发烧                          throat 喉咙                      thinking 思考

3. leave 离开                          medicine 药                    list 清单

4. causing 导致                      illness 疾病

5. psychologists 心理学家    believe 相信

6. brain 大脑                          body 身体                       system 系统

7. proved 证明                       health 健康

8. stress 压力                         problem 问题

9. everybody 每个人             nobody 没有人               perfect 完美

10. necessary 必要                 learn 学习                       grow 成长

11. bored 无聊

12. too much 过多                 hurt 伤害

13. weaken 削弱                    diseases 疾病

14. accident 意外

15. message 信息                   produce 产生                  adrenaline 肾上腺素

16. speeds 加快                     heartbeat 心跳

17. different 不同                  stress 压力

18. homework 作业               troubles 问题                  family 家庭

19. bottled up 积压                bad 不好

20. stress 压力                       do 做

21. change 改变                     plan 计划

22. psychologist 心理学家    friends 朋友

23. sometimes 有时候           change 改变

24. stressful 有压力

25. big 大 good 好

26. link 联系                          brain 大脑                       works 起作用

27. body 身体                        help 帮助

28. take care 照顾                  especially 特别

29. sleep 睡眠                        meals 饮食

30. vitamin 维生素                pill 药片

31. exercise 锻炼                   daily 每天

32. walking 散步                   gym 健身房                    burn 消耗

33. slowly 慢慢地                 activity 活动

34. doctor 医生                      physical 身体问题          exercise 锻炼

1. 这是2009年。你感到不适，所以去看医生。

2. 她检查了你的发烧情况，查看了你的喉咙，并询问你最近在想些什么。

3. 当你离开时，她给了你一些药，还给了一份你每天需要练习的思维技能清单。

4. 她说，是你的思维方式导致了你的部分疾病。

5. 被称为心理学家的医生和其他研究人类思维并试图解释人们行为原因的科学家，开始相信这一点。

6. 你知道，大脑通过神经系统与身体的每个部分相连。

7. 现在，科学家已经证明了你的思维和感受会对身体的健康产生影响。

8. 无论何时你的生活中出现问题或变化，就会产生压力。

9. 当然，每个人或多或少都会有压力；没有人的生活是完美的。

10. 事实上，压力是必要的。没有压力，我们就不会学到任何东西，也不会成长或改变。

11. 我们可能会无聊至极。

12. 但过多的压力会伤害你。

13. 它会削弱你身体的防御能力，使你更容易染上疾病。

14. 它甚至可能让你更容易发生意外。

15. 当你感到压力时，大脑会向身体发送信息，让它产生一种叫做肾上腺素的化学物质。

16. 肾上腺素会加快你的呼吸和心跳。

17. 今天，你面对的是一种不同类型的压力。

18. 类似于无尽的作业或家庭问题的麻烦，是你无法打败或逃避的事情，因此你没有用掉所有的肾上腺素。

19. 它就这样积压在你体内，而这可能对你造成不好的影响。

20. 那么，你可以如何应对压力呢？

21. 首先，你可以尝试找到一些方法来改变现状，这样你就不会处于过大的压力之下。

22. 你可以制定一个完成作业的计划，或者去看医生或心理学家，试图解决你和家人或朋友之间的问题。

23. 但有时候你无法改变一个有压力的情况。

24. 有时你甚至不想改变。

25. 一个大的变化可能是一个好的变化，但它仍然会带来压力。

26. 身体和大脑之间的联系是双向的。

27. 你的身体可以帮助你的大脑应对压力。

28. 如果你处于压力之下，你需要特别好地照顾自己的身体。

29. 充足的睡眠和营养丰富的饮食很重要。

30. 有些人每天服用一片维生素矿物质片。

31. 另一件你可以做的事情是每天锻炼。

32. 如果你去散步、做有氧舞蹈或在健身房锻炼，你的身体就有机会消耗掉一些肾上腺素。

33. 当然，一个不习惯身体活动的人应该慢慢开始。