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Stress between Work and Study

1. What is the man’s main problem?

A He has a sleeping disorder¹.

B He needs money but his part-time job does not pay enough.

C He finds it hard to balance between work and study.

D He wants to take time off from the work but the manager does not allow him to

do so.

(C)

2. What does the woman mainly suggest the man do at the end of the conversation?

A He should take some rest from sleepless² nights.

B He should quit his part-time job for a while to study for the examination.

C He should wait for 20years to learn how to enjoy working.

D He should bite the bullet and study hard and work.

(D)

听力原文：

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Stress between Work and Study

Hi,Stuart.how's school going?

Oh, hi, Lisa. School is really , really tough right now, exams are coming into two

weeks.

Geez. Stuart, you sound stressed. Exams, yes, I used to dread³ this time of year. I used

to cram⁴ the night befor and hope I was studing the right stuff.

That's the hard part of studing last minutes;you run out of time, have to pick and

choose areas of focus and guess what will be on the exams. It's always a bit of a

gamble. To add more stess I have a part-time job on top of studing!

Can't you take some time off from your job, Stuart?

No, I need the money to help pay my board. I thougt I was doing pretty well all term

balancing school and work, but now I'm finding it's next to impossible finding the time

to both study and work. After coming home from my job I have to hit the books for a

few hours every night, whether I have the energy or not. Sometimes I just want to go

to sleep...I'm so tired1

Well if it's any consolation⁵, Stuart, you know it's not going to last forever. It's like you

just have to find that extra energy to get through it all. Before you know it, you've

graduated! Twenty years from now you will look back on this time and remember all

the fun you had.

No doubt, thanks, Lisa. I know you're right. I'll probaly even look back on my menial

job with fondness too.

1 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

2 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。

3 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

4 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

5 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。