Lesson 3 Be Positive, Be Happy
Say Goodbye to Stress
Some ____ spend time with friends when they feel low.
Others eat special ____ to feel better.
Still ____ simply sleep for a while.
How do ____ deal with stress?
Here are some stories about people ____ suggest different ways.
Mina (15, Daejeon)
____ my friends give me stress by saying bad things about me, breaking promises, or arguing over small things.
When this happens, I watch horror ____!
Good horror ____ are so scary that I scream a lot.
I guess that screaming at the top of my lungs helps me feel ____.
Also, thanks to scary scenes and sound ____, I can forget about what bothers me.
I've ____ using this method for the past several months, and it really works.
Junho (14, Yeosu)
My uncle ____ from college two years ago.
He lives with my family, and he's been looking for a job for ____ time.
I know that he's stressed out, but he always ____ to be positive by going fishing.
He never gets upset when he doesn't ____ any fish.
He says, "While I fish, I'm so focused that I ____ leave all my worries behind.
Besides, it ____ me to be patient."
I'm sure that focusing on one thing helps us forget ____ something else.
Dobin (16, Seoul)
My sister, a second-year student in high school, has a wonderful way to stay free ____ stress.
She feels a lot of stress from schoolwork, but my mother seems to like the situation for a good ____.
It is because cleaning is my sister's number-one way to make ____ better!
When she's so ____ that her life looks gloomy, she cleans her room.
She ____, "As I clean my room, I feel like I'm also relieving stress.
When my room looks ____, my life looks brighter."
Yulia (14, Ansan)
Let me tell you what my ____ does about her stress.
She ____ stressed by all the things she has to do at work and at home.
When she's under ____, she writes "Me Time" on her calendar.
This means she takes some time ____ for herself.
She reads a ____, watches a movie, or talks with her friends.
She says, "It doesn't really ____ what I do, as long as it's something I like.
I've been writing 'Me ____' on my calendar for two months, and I feel much better."
Which methods will work for ____?
Try some of these ideas yourself, and find your best way to say ____ to stress.