"Humansshouldnottrytoavoidstressanymorethantheywouldshunfoodloveorexercise."saidDr.HansSelyethefirstphysiciantodocumenttheeffectsofstressonthebody.Whilehere'snoquestionthatcontinuousstres
"Humansshouldnottrytoavoidstressanymorethantheywouldshunfoodloveorexercise."saidDr.HansSelyethefirstphysiciantodocumenttheeffectsofstressonthebody.Whilehere'snoquestionthatcontinuousstressisharmfulseveralstudiessuggestthatchallengingsituationsinwhichyou'reabletorisetotheoccasioncanbegoodforyou.
Ina2001studyof158hospitalnursesthosewhofacedconsiderableworkdemandsbutcopedwith(设法处理)thechallengeweremorelikelytosaytheywereingoodhealththanthosewhofelttheycouldn'tgetthejobdone.
Stressthatyoucanmanagemayalsoboostimmune(免疫的)function.InastudyattheAcademicCenterforDentistryinAmsterdamresearchersputvolunteersthroughtwostressfulexperiences.Inthefirstatimedtaskthatrequiredmemorizingalistfollowedbyashorttestsubjectsbelievedtheyhadcontrolovertheoutcome.Inthesecondtheyweren'tincontrol:Theyhadtositthroughagory(血淋淋的)videoonsurgicalprocedures.ThosewhodidgoonthememorytesthadanincreaseinlevelsofimmunoglobulinAanantibodythat'sthebody'sfirstlineofdefenseagainstgermsThevideo-watchersexperiencedadowntumintheantibody.
Stresspromptsthebodytoproducecertainstresshormones(荷尔蒙).Inshortburststhesehormoneshaveapositiveeffectincludingimprovedmemoryfunction."Theycanhelpnervecellshandleinformationandputitintostorage"saysDr.BruceMcEwenofRockefellerUniversityinNewYork.Butinthelongrunthesehormonescanhaveaharmfuleffectonthebodyandbrain.
"Sustainedstressisnotgoodforyou"saysRichardMorimotoaresearcheratNorthwesternUniversityinIllinoisstudyingtheeffectsofstressonlongevity(长寿)"It'stheoccasionalburstofstressorbriefexposuretostressthatcouldbeprotective."
1.Thepassageismainlyabout .
A.thebenefitsofmanageablestress
B.howtoavoidstressfulsituations
C.howtocopewithstresseffectively
D.theeffectsofstresshormonesonmemory
2.Theunderlinedword"shun"(LinelPara.l)mostprobablymeans .
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