VIP Class Notes (Vicki)
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The 2020 U.S. presidential election was a stressful event for many people. A poll conducted by the marketing research company OnePoll found that the election was a main cause of stress in 49 per cent of people. Only COVID-19 caused greater stress. The poll found that 55 per cent of the 2,000 adults in the survey believed that November the 3rd, 2020 would be the tensest day yet this year. In addition, 59 per cent said they couldn’t imagine being more stressed than they already were. Furthermore, 67 per cent wanted 2020 to be over. Naomi Hirabayashi, cofounder of the self-care app Shine, said: “It’s not just the election anxiety – this year has been a marathon of stress. These are not normal times.”
The months of non-stop news coverage caused many people to get stressed out. One thing many people did to relieve stress was to bake. Stress baking rose in popularity in 2020. More cakes and bread have been going into ovens in the run-up to the election. Stress baking is now in the top five most effective self-care practices of 2020.
Vocabulary
run-up – before
oven – kao xiang
popularity – huan yin du
rose – past participle for rise
relieve – shi fang
democratic – min zhu de
presidential – relating to the president
presidential election – zong tong da xuan
president – the leader of the country
poll – survey
racist – someone who look down on other minority races
dictator – someone who wants to be king
immigrant – yi min zhe
tensest – the most nervous
tense – nervous
founder – chuang shi ren
cofounder – he zuo chuang shi ren
anxiety – jiao lv
marathon – ma la song
stress vs. pressure
stress -> mental
pressure -> physical
peer – friends
peer pressure – you want to do something to be liked by others
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