Kathrin Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
The Silent Killer (an exercise for advanced)
Hi,
here is an exercise and I'm unsure if my solution is correct because I don't have the key book.
The linkers 1-7 used are jumped. Swap them around so that they funktion properly.
The Silent Killer
A 27-old British hospital doctor collapses and dies. 1) In addition to the coroner's report, he died of natural causes. However, 2) while the fact that the young medic had just completed an 86-hour working week, could it not be that he died as a result of stress and overwork? We ignore stress at our peril, and 3) far and away we acknowledge its existence, we choose to pay very little attention to the effects it has on our health. Stress, 4) in light of resulting from overwork, an unhealthy liestyle or a combination of the two, is a potent and unforgiving killer. Something must be done because things can only get worse. Modern life favours and nurtures stress. 5) According to living in work-orentated cultures in which overwork is the norm, we seem to be incapable of leading stable and balanced personal lives. Stress upon stress. So what are we to do? The first step for most of us is to face up to the truth: stress causes heart problems, cancer and depression ans, as a result, in today's world it is 6) if the biggest threat to our well-being. At least 7) whether the young doctor had died in a Japanese hospital his death certificate would have read ' karoshi' - death by overwork.
My solution is: 1) According to 2) in light of 3) whether 4) In addition to 5) while 6) far and away 7) if
here is an exercise and I'm unsure if my solution is correct because I don't have the key book.
The linkers 1-7 used are jumped. Swap them around so that they funktion properly.
The Silent Killer
A 27-old British hospital doctor collapses and dies. 1) In addition to the coroner's report, he died of natural causes. However, 2) while the fact that the young medic had just completed an 86-hour working week, could it not be that he died as a result of stress and overwork? We ignore stress at our peril, and 3) far and away we acknowledge its existence, we choose to pay very little attention to the effects it has on our health. Stress, 4) in light of resulting from overwork, an unhealthy liestyle or a combination of the two, is a potent and unforgiving killer. Something must be done because things can only get worse. Modern life favours and nurtures stress. 5) According to living in work-orentated cultures in which overwork is the norm, we seem to be incapable of leading stable and balanced personal lives. Stress upon stress. So what are we to do? The first step for most of us is to face up to the truth: stress causes heart problems, cancer and depression ans, as a result, in today's world it is 6) if the biggest threat to our well-being. At least 7) whether the young doctor had died in a Japanese hospital his death certificate would have read ' karoshi' - death by overwork.
My solution is: 1) According to 2) in light of 3) whether 4) In addition to 5) while 6) far and away 7) if
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Kathrin Hi, here is an exercise and I'm unsure if my solution is correct because I don't have the key book. The linkers 1-7 used are jumped. Swap them around so that they funktion properly.
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KathrinHi,
here is an exercise and I'm unsure if my solution is correct because I don't have the key book.
The linkers 1-7 used are jumped. Swap them around so that they funktion properly.
The Silent Killer
A 27-old British hospital doctor collapses and dies. 1) In addition to the coroner's report, he
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Yikes, that was hard to read. I agree with Feebs though, if you needed a second vote!
A 27-old British hospital doctor collapses and dies. 1) According to to the coroner's report, he died of natural causes. However, 2) in light of the fact that the young medic had just completed an 86-hour working week, could it not be that he died as a result of stress and overwork? We ign
A 27-old British hospital doctor collapses and dies. 1) According to to the coroner's report, he died of natural causes. However, 2) in light of the fact that the young medic had just completed an 86-hour working week, could it not be that he died as a result of stress and overwork? We ign
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