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The first main factor that contributes to irrational behavior is uncontrolled emotions. Irrational people take offense or get angry before the actual situation occurs. They become anxious and express exaggerated emotions such as crying and shouting. They have unrealistic expectations, expecting everyone to like them and if someone does not, they feel angry and neglected. It is fairly common for people to show such signs of irrationality. Too much stress can also lead to irrational behavior. In fact, these days, stress is the major cause of physical as well as mental problems. Stress creates feelings of anger, irritation and frustration. For instance, when you spend a stressful day in the office, it makes you anxious. You start releasing your frustration or stress by screaming at your family members for small reasons like a badly prepared meal. That day you feel everything is wrong.
In summary, uncontrolled emotions and too much stress can result in irrational behavior. To behave rationally is not an easy job because the behavior is internalized. However, to discover the source of your irrationality will help you behave more rationally. Translation 9
极简主义是指去掉多余的，仅保留需要的部分、用最简单的话来说，极简的生活方式，就是生活得越简单越好,直到获得心灵的平静，这种简单既是精神上的，
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也是身体上的：这样的生活方式会减轻压力，带来更多自由时间．并增强幸福感、极简主义者会说．他们生活得更有意义了，更从容了，极简的生活方式让他们着眼于生活中更重要的事物：朋友、爱好、旅游和体验。当然，极简主义并不意味着拥有物质财富从本质上来讲有什么不对。现在的问题似乎在于，我们往往太重视所拥有的东西，而常常抛弃了健康、人与人之间的关系、我们的热情、个人成长，以及帮助他人的愿望。极简主义除了在我们的口常生活中可以得到应用，还存在于很多创意领域，包括艺术、建筑、没汁、舞蹈、电影、戏剧、音乐、时尚、摄影和文学等。 10
National Happiness Index (NHI) is an index that measures how happy people are. It is also a tool that measures the levels of economic development and people's livelihood and happiness in a country or region. With the fast growth of Chinese economy, the Chinese government has been paying more and more attention to people's living quality and the increase of happiness index. The government stresses improvement of its people's livelihood, striving to improve their economic conditions and meet their growing material and cultural needs. Currently, the Chinese government advocates the unleashing of more reform dividends, with the aim of offering more real benefits to its people. All these measures will combine to effectively increase the NHI of our people.
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Unit 6 Text B When enough is enough
Understanding the text 2
1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.D
Critical thinking 3
1. *Like to look good in other’s eyes. *Tend to have spending habit *Make them feel happy. *Want to be in fashion 2. *Frustrated. *Bored *Confused *Stunned
3. *Don’t know which option they want most. *Seem to them there is never the best option. *Want everything lest they miss a “perfect” one. 4. *Human beings are greedy by nature. *Many believe “The more, the better”. *Most people are too materialistic. 5. *Not really a good thing.
*Make people greedier and more materialistic. *Make people exhausted to make decisions.
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*Discourage appreciation.
Words in use 4
1. concerning 2.specified 3.controversy 4.rendered 5.enforced 6. distribute 7.highlighted 8.implication 9.penetrating 10.subtract
Expressions in use 5
1. played a role 2.turned out 3.are depressed about 4. settle for 5. rushed into 6. out of control 7.transferred to 8.rely on
Sentence structure 6
1. The more carefully he thought about it, the clearer it became to him that this was a job for someone with experience.
2. The more exercise you do, the more energetic you will become, the easier your everyday tasks will seem.
3. The more interesting the plot is, the more appealing the film will become to the audience.
Sentence structure 7
1. He is normally a quiet person, but when it comes to sports, he becomes a completely different man.
2. When it comes to computers and the Internet, all the students become
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excited, each eager to say something about his experience.
3. A Frenchman may be ready to start a chat with a stranger on a train or in a café, but when it comes to friendship, the French seem to be more cautious than the British.
Collocation 8
1. conscious effort 2.winning strategy 3.limited choice 4. remotest idea 5.temporary pain 6.primary role
Collocation 9
1. rival options 2.painful choices 3.carefully chosen 4.mutiple options 4. winning strategy 6.predictably irrational 7.temporary pain 8.complex decision
9. limited choices 10.conscious effort 11.naturally prejudiced 12.accumulating evidence
Unit7 Women:Making a difference
TextA Women at rhe management level
3.Words in use 1. harness
2.symbolic
3.disposed
4.flourishing
5.violated
6.accommodation
7.infer 8.compose 9.plausible 10.tolerance
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