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m the biggest baseball fanatic, and I will either be reading about baseball, or listening to baseball, or watching baseball. Another thing I try to do is to get some sort of exercise every day. And then I work hard at keeping up my personal relationships, especially my relationship with my wife. Fortunately I get along very well with my wife. When I e back home, I can talk about my day with her, and then just forget about it. Statements:1. The dialogue is mainly about how police officers can deal with stress. 2. According to Sam, most police officers enjoy good health. 3. According to Sam, the divorce rate among police officers is higher than among people in other jobs. 4. Counseling is the most effective program to help police officers relieve stress. 5. Sam knows ho。s also a psychological program with counseling for officers to help them reduce their stress. And there are several discussion groups as well. They39。ve found that39。s documented?Sam: Yes, it39。s a higher percentage of illness among police officers than in the general population? I mean, do they get more colds or anything? Is this really true?Sam: Yes, it is, and the stress level not only manifests itself in daily health whether or not you39。s move on to the next topic. So far as I know, there39。ve talked about the police officers39。ll move on to our next topic.Sam: All right. Questions:1. What39。s probably the most stressful time. Interviewer: I see. Let39。s say, for example, a patrol officer stops someone for a traffic violation. It seems as though that would be a very lowstress situation.Interviewer: Yes, it is a very lowstress situation.Sam: But the truth is, there are more police officers injured during a routine stop.Interviewer: Really?Sam: Really! That39。s interesting! In what way?Sam: Well, I guess the biggest part of the stress is the fear factor the fear of the unknown.Interviewer: What do you mean, Sam?Sam: Well, in patrol work, you don39。s probably the most stressful assignment you can have?Sam: I39。m supervising investigations.Interviewer: Sam, I think most people would say that being a police officer is a very stressful job. Would you agree?Sam: Yes, it39。ve had different types of assignments on the police force, I guess.Sam: Yeah, I39。s differences. 6. The speaker and his wife maintain peace not by changing each other but by tolerance.重點(diǎn)單詞及詞組Part Bexpectation 期望,期待 bug 打擾peeve 麻煩的事物 spouse 配偶solution 解決辦法 a bunch of 一捆candy 糖果 expectation 期望apologize 道歉 end up 最終以…為結(jié)局 Part Cpsychologist 心理學(xué)者ambitious 有雄心的moderation 適度tolerate 忍受 Part Dplain 抱怨civilization 文明,文化philosopher 哲學(xué)家monitor 監(jiān)控convert 使轉(zhuǎn)換 Unit 4Part BText 1Being a Police Officer Is a Stressful JobInterviewer: Wele to our program, Sam. Sam: Thank you. Interviewer: Sam, how long have you been a police officer?Sam: I39。t need to convert my wife to my ways, and she doesn39。t you change the channel? I asked. Because I can39。t change channels, not even if she dislikes the program she39。m a channelgrazer. When I watch the news, I flip back and forth through four different networks. It drives me crazy when you do that, my wife plains. I don39。s face it husbands and wives just don39。s attitudes to tolerate disagreement and be willing to change in a relationship.Part DHusbands and Wives Don39。 Linda: Thank you. Statements:1. Tom and Linda never argue because they both know what the other person expects. 2. Once Tom broke Article 14 and apologized to Linda by taking her out to dinner. 3. If some of the rules in the marriage agreement bee outdated, changes will be made to update them. 4. It seems that both Tom and Linda are satisfied with their marriage agreement. Part CA Perfect Match Are you looking for a good relationship with someone special? What type of person is the best person for you? Is it the person with the highest IQ? Is it the most beautiful or most handsome person? How about the richest person or the most ambitious? Is your ideal partner the most traditional or the most modern person? Is he or she the person most like you, or most unlike you? The answer, psychologists say, is none of the above. Why? Because they are all extremes. In a number of research studies, psychologists asked couples these questions. The answers were clear. Most people are happy with moderation with partners who are not the most or the best (or the least or the worst). People are more fortable with partners who are not so special. The research showed several other important things. In a love relationship, two things can cause trouble. First, trouble happens when both people get angry quickly. This is not surprising. Second, trouble happens when people don39。t work anymore?Linda: We39。s wedding, and we got lost. Linda wanted to stop at a gas station to ask for directions, but I thought I could figure it out. Linda: Then we drove forty miles in the wrong direction and ended up being late for the wedding.Tom: So I took her out to dinner. I knew what I should do to apologize. John: That39。s in Article 13 of our agreement. John: Is it? Oh yes, Article 13: Breaking Rules. If you break a rule, you must apologize and do something nice for the other person to make it up.Linda: Yeah, like last time Tom broke the rule of driving. John: What39。t understand each other39。t talk about what they want. Linda: That39。t very romantic.Tom: Well, we disagree. We think it39。s expectations are. John: I see. What about Articl