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Jim在走廊上遇到同事Claire，跟Claire打招呼。 Jim: Hey Claire, you've been really quiet these last few days. Is something wrong? Claire: I've been really stressed. It's the end of the year and I've got so much stuff to do! I feel like I'm drowning in work. J: Well, stress is a real thing. It's not an imaginary condition. C: It's seriously affecting my life! I can't sleep, I don't have much of an appetite and my husband says I've been kind of short tempered. Other people seem to handle stress okay...why am I so weak? Claire最近一直不太说话，原来是因为到年底了，有做不完的事情，I've been really stressed. 她感觉压力特别大。Claire说，I feel like I'm drowning in work. Drown, d-r-o-w-n, drown 溺水，在这里是一种比喻的说法，drown in work 意思是自己快要被工作压垮了。Claire不仅睡眠不好，食欲差，而且还动不动就发脾气，short tempered。大家都有压力，是不是只有Claire承压能力差呢? Jim说， J: You're not weak...you're stressed out! Stress has been a part of the human condition for millions of years. Back when we still lived in the trees we had to watch out for predators...and as you might imagine, that was pretty stressful. C: Yeah, but I don't see any tigers or leopards roaming around our office. My stress is just about silly paperwork! | 
