Unit3SocialIssues..doc

Key to Unit 3 Social Issues Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs. The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control. The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. Three-quarters psychologists, doctors nervousness, anger, frequent illness, mental problems Task 2 Key A: Complete the following summary of the two speakers’ opinions. give in so easily to hijackers’ demands threaten to blow up a plane or commit some other outrage hold out against this kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executing terrorists automatically be prepared to face the consequences of evil It’s the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business. Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends B. Answer the following questions. She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn’t die. Task 3 Key A: Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) thirty-five, natural lights, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy 2) Mexico 3) ought to, shouldn’t B. Answer the following questions. 1) It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. 2) This factory makes shirts and jeans. 3) She’s already been working for ten hours, but she won’t stop for another two hours. 4) She can’t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant. Task 4 Key A: Complete the following summary of British government’s statistics. social