Writing. Answer one of the questions from Discussion Exercise in writing

Answer one of the questions from Discussion Exercise in writing.

Discussion Work with a partner. Which of these factors produce the most stress? Add your own ideas.

dealing with the public, working long hours, meeting deadlines, travelling, making phone calls, learning to use new technology, being promoted, looking after children, doing boring repetitive tasks, dealing with big sums of money, being responsible for people's lives, waiting for other people to do things

1. An interviewer for the radio programme Work Today spoke to four people in the street about stress. Listen to the interviews and answer the questions.

a What does the speaker do?

b Does the speaker suffer from stress?

c What causes the stress, according to the speaker?

d Does the speaker mention any of the reasons in 1? Which?

2. The last speaker says that stress is more a problem of mental attitude than what you do. Do you agree?

3 In your opinion, what are the three must stressful jobs? Use the list below to help you.

middle manager, chief executive, teacher, taxi driver, secretary, police officer, factory worker, pilot, air traffic controller, stockbroker, doctor, lawyer, shop assistant, accountant, waiter computer programmer firefighter miner architect journalist

4 For each set of prompts a-g, make at least two sentences with has to/have to/doesn't have to/don t have to. For example:

air traffic controller factory worker lake decisions be creative

An air traffic controller has to take decisions very quickly. (It's necessary) A factory worker doesn't have to be creative. (It's not necessary)

a lawyer secretary wear a suit type letters

b middle managers chief executives solve day-to-day problems take strategic decisions

C shop assistant computer programmer deal with the public know computer languages

d lorry driver taxi driver drive long distances memorise street maps

e nurse factory worker wear special clothes work at night

1 accountant telephonist use a computer be honest

g teacher engineer tell people what to do wear a tie

5 Make sentences about the other jobs in 3.

6 Now interview someone about their job like this:

In your job do you have to...? No, but I have to... /Yes, and I also have to...

8 In your opinion, are the sentences below true or false?

a Stress is always a bad thing.

b Work-related stress can cause health problems.

c Bad management is the main cause of stress.

d Reducing stress costs companies money.

e It's easy for companies to reduce stress.

9 Read the article below. Does the writer agree with your opinions in 8?