The stress
of the city:
a hidden killer
Stress. In the modern world it’s hard to avoid it. Wherever you live, there are things that may cause you stress. But when you live in a city, there seems to be more stressful surroundings: crowds, pollution, noise, crime and traffic jams. All of that can make it hard to relax. You may not be able to get rid of the crowds, but you can reduce stress in your life. Too much stress is actually dangerous to your health. Many serious medical conditions are caused by too much stress. Stress can literally be a killer. That’s why it’s very important to do something about the stress in your life. According to Niall Cooper, a qualified massage therapist based in London, people who live in cities build up a lot of stress. ”There’s so much to do, and everybody wants to do it all,” he says. ”City people are always busy and they build up tension without knowing it.” Cooper should know. He tries to undo the damage of stress every day. ”Stress shows up in the body as ‘muscular tension’,” he says. ”It usually targets the upper back, shoulders and lower back - the areas surrounding the spine. This can lead to severe health problems.” Cooper recommends a few simple stress-relieving stretches. Breathe deeply to get the full relaxation benefits from these stretches. ”It sounds simple, but it’s something many people forget. The body relaxes when you breathe out,” he says. Can chocolate
help you live
longer?
My mother would never allow me to eat sweets and chocolate. She said that chocolates were bad for me and that they would damage my teeth. What would she say about the new research which says that chocolate is good for you? Over the last couple of years a number of surprising claims have been made about chocolate. Chocolate improves the memory and helps children to pass exams. Can these claims be true? Researchers have found that men who eat sweets and chocolates regularly live for almost a year longer than those men who never, or only occasionally eat them. This new evidence comes from a study of approximately eight thousand American men over a period of eighty years. The longest living men were those who ate chocolate between once and three times a month. They cut their risk of death by a third. Men who ate chocolate and sweets once or twice a week cut their risks by a quarter. Even those men who ate chocolate more than three times a week lived longer than those who never or seldom ate sweets or chocolate. It is believed that the answer to these findings lies in the antioxidant effect of phenols which are found in chocolate. A small piece of chocolate contains the same number of phenols as a glass of red wine. Phenols have been found to help to reduce cholesterol and may help to protect against forms of cancer. However, before we all rush off to the sweet shop and eat all the chocolate we can buy, doctors advise against over-indulgence. Research is still going on. As with all things, the best advice is to eat all the chocolate you want to – but in moderation! Speakig traduction Spanish: Es un hecho que hoy día está habiendo un cambio climático alrededor del mundo, porque las estaciones no son iguales que hace años y estamos viendo cómo se están derritiendo los polos poco a poco. Además, los inviernos son más largos y los veranos más cortos, por ejemplo. English: It´s a fact nowadays it´s currently a climate change around the world, because the seasons aren´t equal that years ago and we are witnesses how the poles are melting little by little. Besides, winters are longer and summers shorter, for instante.
I've been asked to talk about the subject of work. I must admit it's not a subject I feel most comfortable with as I am currently unemployed. And, to
be honest, I really don't understand why. I've always been a good student. I got mostly B's and A's through school and secondary school. I then went to Uni where I studied a degree in Law. And, as if that weren't enough, I even have a Master of European Law. - (I go to a past situation to use complex grammar) BACK IN MY PARENTS' TIME, not many people were able to afford higher education, and those who were, knew for a fact that they were going to have an excellent job. So, when I said I wanted to go to Uni, my parents couldn't be happier. - I thought all my efforts would pay off eventually. Who would have thought that they would amount to nothing? Certainly not my parents. So I guess, I feel disappointed and angry. I would have loved to have a challenging job where I could make a difference in people's lives while earning a decent salary. But things haven't turned out quite as I expected, I guess. I probably shouldn't have put so much effort into getting good marks. -(I move now to a future situation to wrap up my monologue) : Now, I'm left with little choice. I guess I could move abroad, But I don't know if I'd feel comfortable living in another country, speaking a different language. I've always had this dream of setting up an NGO and offer my legal advice for free to those who need it the most. It may sound naïve but I think I'd be really happy doing that kind of job. I'd be my own boss and I'd be able to make a difference.
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