عبارت انگلیسی
stress
معنی و توضیح
The word “stress,” in this podcast, means the feeling of being worried, nervous, and anxious because one is under a lot of pressure: “Emergency-room doctors have very high-stress jobs.” The word can also be used as a verb: “Don’t stress so much – it’s only a test.” “Stress” can also mean emphasis, or something that one wants to draw other people’s attention to: “His family puts a lot of stress on the importance of education.” The verb “to stress” can have this same meeting: “The guide stressed the importance of coming back to the tour bus on time.” When talking about pronunciation, a word’s “stress” is on the syllable that should be pronounced most strongly: “In the word ‘happiness,’ the stress should be on the first syllable, ‘hap’.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Being Under Stress». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 319: Being Under Stress.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 319. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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In this episode, we’re going to have a dialogue between two people, one of whom is having problems because he is under stress. Let’s get started.
Wei: What’s wrong? You look like you’re in pain.
Jason: My stomach is acting up again.
Wei: It’s all of this stress. I don’t know how anyone can cope with the pressures you’re under.
Jason: It’s nothing. I’ll just take a pill for my stomach.
Wei: That won’t solve the problem. Look at you. You look worn out. Are you losing sleep, too?
Jason: I have had trouble sleeping.
Wei: It’s no wonder. At home, you have the demands of raising two kids on your
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