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On Depression

On Depression. Part I Warm-up. Section A Dialogues Directions: Listen to the following dialogues and report after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner. Dialogue 1 Homesick Dialogue 2 It ’ s Unfair Dialogue 3 You Have Too Much Stress. Section B Questions and Answers.

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On Depression

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  1. On Depression

  2. Part I Warm-up • Section A Dialogues Directions:Listen to the following dialogues and report after the recording. Then role-play them with your partner.

  3. Dialogue 1 Homesick Dialogue 2 It’s Unfair Dialogue 3 You Have Too Much Stress

  4. Section BQuestions and Answers • Directions:In this spoken English test On Depression, you may be asked such questions as found below. Try to answer them with the help of the following points.

  5. Question 1 Do you sometimes feel depressed and how much do you know about depression? • Hints: • Yes, sometimes I feel depressed, but not too often. Most people, feel depressed, in fact, temporary and not serious, quite normal, while chronic depression(长期的忧郁), a very sad, and sometimes dangerous, condition, some depression-stricken（患忧郁症的） people, resort to suicide（导致自杀）…

  6. Question 2What are the symptoms of depression? • Hints: people suffering from a low mood often have the following symptoms: difficulty in sleeping, poor appetite, fatigue(疲倦), difficulty in concentrating, the “blues”(抑郁；沮丧), want to die by their own hands, the groups that report the highest rates of a low mood, people aged from eighteen to twenty-four, the unemployed, members of unmarried couples, and women…

  7. Question 3 What do you think are the likely causes of depression? Hints: Living in a competitive society, people are inevitably confronted with (面临)great stress, both emotional and physical. If, an upsetting（令人苦恼的） life experience, illegal drug use(违法使用毒品), lack of sleep, excessive stimulation（刺激；鼓舞）, lot of people, likely to be depressed…

  8. Question 4 What should we do to prevent depression? • Hints: Here are two approaches to prevent depression: Try smiling. Extensive (广泛的)research, behavior, shape our emotions, don’t…, smile instead; Exercise regularly. Aerobic exercise（有氧健身法）, walking, jogging, swimming, bicycling, boost（推进） your self-confidence, improve your sense of well-being（康乐；福利）, heighten your energy, help you relax, reduce the tension and anxiety that contribute to depression…

  9. Question 5How do doctors and researchers explain the causes of depression? • Hints： There are several causes that most doctors and researchers believe play a role. Firstly, depression, either caused by ,or at the least, mediated（起中介作用） by the brain, evidence to support the theory, the findings, depression, run in families（家族遗传）, brain chemicals, be linked to depression, secondly, environmental conditions, stresses from our environment, trigger（引发，引起） an event, stressors, one thing, several things, chronic（慢性的；延续很长的） daily stress…

  10. Part II Making Presentations • DIRECTIONS: Now let’s move on to more specific, You’ll be shown three pictures. You will have one minute to prepare and one and a half minutes to talk about the picture.

  11. Picture 1

  12. work hard on 努力做 math problem 数学题 be buried among 埋头于 reference book 参考书 be tired of厌烦 burdensome adj. 繁重的 long for 渴望 psychiatrist n. 精神病医生 mentality n.心理状态 wholesome adj. 有益健康 Useful Words and Expressions

  13. Reference AnswerPicture 1 • My picture shows a senior high school student. The boy with a pair of thick glasses is working hard on a math problem, his head is buried among piles of reference books. Being tired of study, he feels depressed and wonders when he can live a free life' a life that he likes. For him ,the study life is burdensome. He longs for a more interesting and wholesome way of life. The boy's problem is not rare among his peers. It sometimes leads to serious psychological illnesses such as depression. This picture is intended to tell! us that adults should show more concern to the mental health of the young.

  14. Picture 2

  15. break up with 与 … 绝交，与 …决裂 misfortune n. 不幸；灾祸 dismiss v. 开除 distress v. 使痛苦；使忧伤 food package 食品包装盒 absentminded adj. 心不在焉 worrisome adj. 令人不安的 thorny adj. 棘手的；痛苦的 frustration n. 挫折 unemployment n. 失业 Useful Words and Expressions

  16. Reference AnswerPicture 2 • In my picture an unlucky lady has just broken up with her boyfriend after a three-year relationship.; As the old saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. Today she is dismissed because. of her mistakes in work. Distressed and hopeless, she just keeps eating all day. On the table before her are scattered various food packages. She sits silently, absentminded, She keeps asking herself why she is so unlucky. This picture shows us a worrisome increase of depression among young people caused by thorny relationships between people, frustration and unemployment.

  17. Picture 3

  18. senior citizen 老年人 idle adj.闲散的 energetic adj. 精力充沛的 unproductive adj. 无成果的 knit one’s eyebrows 皱起眉头 deteriorate v. 恶化 suicidal thoughts 自杀的念头 occur v. 发生；出现 miserable adj. 痛苦的；悲惨的 seek v. 寻求 challenge n. 挑战 professional adj. 专业的；职业的 opportunity n. 机遇 Useful Words and Expressions

  19. Reference AnswerPicture 3 • In my picture a senior citizen is unhappy after his retirement. Not accustomed to the idle life of old age, he is too energetic and robust to stay at home doing nothing. He feels unproductive, his life meaningless. His eyebrows are knitted together and his health is deteriorating. Sometimes suicidal thoughts even occur in his mind. Having lived a miserable life for two months, he goes to see a psychologist for advice. The expert suggests that he enjoy hobbits and sports and travel. He also advises him to seek new career challenges and professional opportunities as long as he doesn't feel exhausted. This picture vividly describes the mental problems that sometimes torment the aged.

  20. Part III Further Discussion • Discussion Topic: How to Get Rid of Depression Directions: Now you are required to discuss this topic further. You will have about four and a half minutes for the discussion.

  21. . • Directions:Try to think about the methods to get rid of depression. You may refer to the points below. Discuss with your partners and then give an oral report

  22. Methods 1) Do something constructive to fight inertia(防止惰性), break complicated activities into small, discrete（不连续的；离散的） steps and make them more manageable… 2) Be warm-hearted and ready to lead a hand to others… 3) Smile to the world… 4) Have exercises regularly such as walking, jogging, swimming and bicycling…

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