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The article discusses measures companies are taking to reduce work-related stress experienced by employees. It outlines common stress symptoms and their effects on productivity. Suggested measures for individuals to manage stress include maintaining a healthy lifestyle with diet, exercise, massage, and yoga.

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9 - Homework 5 - Paraphrasing Summarising

The article discusses measures companies are taking to reduce work-related stress experienced by employees. It outlines common stress symptoms and their effects on productivity. Suggested measures for individuals to manage stress include maintaining a healthy lifestyle with diet, exercise, massage, and yoga.

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HOMEWORK 5: PARAPHRASING & SUMMARISING

EXERCISE 1 – PARAPHRASING
Read the following excerpts taken from various sources. Using your own words, paraphrase the
excerpts as if you are making references in text. Use APA style of referencing.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique used in medicine for producing images of tissues
inside the body. Physicians use these images to diagnose certain diseases, disorders and injuries.
MRI is an important diagnostic tool because it enables doctors to identify abnormal tissues without
having to open the body through surgery.
(Health for You, 2011)

Many reasons for crying are obvious, like hunger and discomfort due to heat, cold, illness and lying
position. These reasons, however, account for a relatively small percentage of infant crying and are
usually recognised quickly and alleviated.
(Dr Emma Dunston, May 2012)

Dr Martin Parry, of Birmingham University, told the annual meeting of the Institute of British
Geographers in Coventry that the ‘interventionist’ approach being used to avoid the destruction of
the Earth’s protective ozone layer, would not work for the greenhouse effect.
(Patrick Seymour, 2009)

EXERCISE 2 – SUMMARISING

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Read the following article taken from an online magazine. Then, summarise the passage about
measures to reduce stress. Use proper citation in your summary.

Taking Stress in Stride


by Mary Jean Keaton

For many years, stress was considered an imaginary complaint that lazy employees would
use as an excuse for skipping work. Now, stress has finally made its way to medical books – and into
company accounts too. More and more firms are realizing the effect that stress-related illnesses are
having on their profits.
The causes of stress are manifold. Just getting to work on time may be a major cause. At the
workplace, stress can be caused by not having enough to do, not facing sufficient challenges or
simply being in a job that does not suit the person. At the other end of the scale is overwork and job
insecurity. There may also be ergonomic reasons for stress such as cramped working conditions, a
faulty chair, a desk at a wrong height, a smoky office or defective air conditioning.
Stress manifests itself in many ways. The most common symptoms are headaches,
backaches, shortness of breath, skin disorders, heart palpitations, gastric problems and sleeping
disorders. There is also poor concentration, poor memory and loss of self-confidence. Other major
health problems such as depression, repetitive strain injury and heart problems may follow these
symptoms.
All these symptoms give rise to inefficient work practices, increased medical leave and
consequently loss of productivity. Companies are finally beginning to take notice and are starting to
invest in their employees’ health as a natural cost of doing business.
Companies are taking the necessary measures to overcome stress-related problems with the
hope that there will be heightened efficiency at the workplace and lower absenteeism. But at the
end of the day it is up to the individual.
The art of stress management is not something that can be picked up overnight. It is
something an individual has to perfect and improve on throughout his life. The key is ‘healthy body,
healthy mind’.
Diet should be kept in check with smoking and drinking under control. Consider investing in a
home gym, which can be set up at a reasonable cost consisting of basic equipment such as an
exercise bench, a pair of dumb-bells and an exercise bike.
Massage is another tried and tested form of physical relaxation, guaranteed to reduce both
mental and physical stress levels. The two most popular forms of massages are the Japanese and
Swedish massages. A Japanese Shiatsu massage focuses on specific points of the body where energy

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is blocked, while the Swedish massage involves stroking with oils to stimulate blood circulation. A
massage does not take long and it is not expensive. The different types of massages and
aromatherapy techniques have different effects with some for relaxation and some for stimulation;
all guaranteed to make you feel invigorated or enlivened after a hard day.
Another way of reducing stress is the century-old and hugely popular practice of yoga. A
beginner taking up yoga may find the posture and breathing exercises beneficial. But yoga goes way
beyond that as it deals with the inner organism (the mind, the respiratory and digestive organs) –
inner harmony first – and when the inner organism is working properly, then physical fitness can be
achieved.
In stress management, the most important thing is to recognize the symptoms of stress early
and to act before they become something serious.

(Taken from Health for You, January 19th, 2012, http://www.healthforyou.com)

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