英语口语：你如何减轻压力？

 1. I’ve been really stressed. It’s the end of the year and I’ve got so much stuff to do! I feel like I’mdrowning in work. 

　　我近来压力非常大，到年底了，要做的事情很多，我感觉我要溺死在工作里了。 

　　2. The stress is seriously affecting my life! I can’t sleep, I don’t have much of an appetite and my husband says I’ve been kind of short tempered. 

　　压力严重影响了我的生活，我睡不着，胃口也不好。我老公说我近来脾气也很急躁。 

　　3. I’ve tried ginseng, herbal teas ... to deal with my stress, and nothing seems to work. 

　　我试了喝人参和花草茶等来减压，但是似乎都不管用。 

　　4. Tina is a yoga fanatic¹. She swears it’s reduced her stress levels significantly. 

　　蒂娜特别热衷瑜珈，她说做瑜珈帮她大大减轻了压力。 

　　5. When I’m there on my yoga mat, I’m able to tune² outthe rest of the world. It’s such a peaceful feeling. 

　　当我在瑜伽垫上的时候，我就不去想其他事情，感觉特别平静。 

　　6. Relaxing is actually quite difficult. Our brains are so revved³ up. It’s really hard to slow down. 

　　放松其实很难，我们的大脑平时都在加速运转，想松弛下来很难。 

　　7. My husband swears by classical music to relax. 

　　我老公喜欢通过听古典音乐来放松。 

　　8. I’ve tried meditating⁴ a couple times, but I couldn’t stop my brain from thinking about work. I can’t seem to get in the zone. 

　　我试过通过冥想来减压，但是我总是想起工作，无法进入（冥想）状态。 

　　9. For me, sometimes I just need a good hard workout. I like to put on boxing gloves and hit apunching bag...makes me feel much better! 

　　于我而言，我只要好好锻炼锻炼就能减压。我喜欢戴上拳击手套，打打吊袋，这让我感觉好多了。 

　　10. I saw a news article yesterday that says chocolate helps relieve stress. 

　　我昨天看到一篇新闻，说吃巧克力可以减压。

1 fanatic   

n.狂热者，入迷者；adj.狂热入迷的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
• I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子，但我是基督徒。

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 revved   

v.（使）加速( rev的过去式和过去分词 )；（数量、活动等）激增；（使发动机）快速旋转；（使）活跃起来

参考例句：

• The taxi driver revved up his engine. 出租车司机把发动机发动起来。
• The car revved up and roared away. 汽车发动起来，然后轰鸣着开走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 meditating   

a.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。