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Six minute english from bbc learning english dot com
Hello
This is six minute english from bbc learning english
I'm neil
I'm bcker
Worrying about work or exams war and climate change in the news
It's no wonder that modern life is stressful
What makes you stressnew or good question
I think not having enough time to do something that really not kes me stressed out
How about you um
When i'm trying to do something
That i'i'never tried before that i've never very good
It that makes me feel really really stressed
My ffind that's stressful too
And how do you cope with stressed ful situations
Now well i try to slow down pause take a breath
And think that some point probably later today everything will be okay again
How about you
Yes sam
But in my mind
I'm telling myself that i will be better at what i'm doing
I just need to practice more many young people who feel stressed about the modern world
Use the word overwhelm to describe their feelings
And
And overwhelm was also the topic of a recent bb c worworld service program
What in the lly is iraraerrooc and chlaudia hammond
So overwhelm is an emotional state
Where you are struggling with your current situation
So you might feel overloloaded
You can look
Can't cohard
So that might be a temporary thing hopefully
And if it's not in the longer term
If that becomes more a kind of chronic kind of stress
Than that that might lead to burn out in the end feeling overwhelmed and unable to cope with life
It can become chronic meaning that it lasts for chlong onout whelelm can need to burn out
Mental or physical exhaustion caused by working too hard
So how can we manage the stress in our lives and feel happier and episier that's what will be discussing in this episode
Along with some useful new words in phrases
You'll find all the vocabulary from this episode on our website bbc learning english dot com
But before we start
I have a question for union one simple way of combating stress is taking time to rest
So according to a research conducted by bbc presenter and psychologist chlaugy
Hammond which activity is thought to be the most restful
Is it a reading for pleasure be working in nature or see listening to music
Well
I think they're all quite relaxing
But i'm gonna guess be working in nature
I'm surprised
Now i know you love music
And will find out the answer later one of the most stressful things facing many young people is exams
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Claudia hammond offer susumadvice for managing exam stress to bbc world services
What in the world
Tikkly in the examitself if you feel stresresum
Then just knowing that you will may well perform better while your stress that this it concentrates the mind
It's sharpens and your nerves sharp on your thinking and allow you to really do your best
It's normal to feel nerves before reignbut nerves is an informal word for worry or anxiety
But according to chordia nerves aren't necessarily bad
Yes
Nerves can help concentrate the mind
The phrase concentrate or sharp in the mind means to think more clearly about something mean actor or an athlete feeling nerves before a big performance can help them do their best
Claudia recommends other ways to reduce stress as well
These include slowing down and accepting that it's ok to be good enough rather than always trying for perfection
Here she shares more tips with icraft a rook of b bb c world services
What in the world
And i guess it's
There's no one size fits all as well when it comes to this
So if someone's listening and thinking
I want some top tips on just feeling overall generally in my life
What would you say to them
So first i would say except that you're to do list is never going to end it
It always always going to be there
So even i know that might sound defeat us
But even if you get to the end of it today
Tomorrow there will be something else on it
And that's just life
And
And it's just signs of a busy liand if ll try to cobback stress not to one size fits or solution the phrase one size fits all describes trying to apply the same solution to many different problems
Claudy is final piece of advice is don't worry too much about your to do list
The list of all the items you have to do why because it never ends everyday
There will be something new to add to do list
So why stress some good advice they're
But i think i'll try these techniques next time i feel stress sed spespeaking of ways to distress reminminds to my question
I asked you earlier
According to research conducted by bbc presenter and psychologist ladia hammond
Which activity is thought of to be the most wrestful
And you wants red be working in nature
Unfortunately
Now the answer is a reading
Uh
While reading is really relaxing as well
Okay
Let's recap the vocabulary from this episode beginning with the adjective chronic
Which means continuing for a long time
Burn out is a feeling of physical or mental exhaustion caused by working too hard
If you say that a difficult situation sharpens continuing al lilidococome and mean an improving them clearly nerves are an informal word for worry or anxibye one size ze
It's of of rh trito repreply the same solution to all problems rather than solving them individually and finally a to do list is a list of all the tasks you have to do
See course another way to be exuing is ing ing gyloso
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Where we'll find loads more activities for doing
Just that see you again
Next time
But for now or goodye by six minute english from bbc learning english dot com
