读BBC原版文章学雅思阅读

其实认真分析一篇地道的原版BBC 文章就能学到很多好的知识点，雅思写作中地道的短语，雅思阅读中的高频词，常用的语法句型。 如果同学们坚持这样分析文章，坚持每种题材至少分析两篇，定能取得理想的雅思分数。

Taking dogs to work reduces employee stress

Even employees without dogs wanted to take colleagues' pets for a walk
Bringing pet dogs to work can reduce stress and make the job more satisfying for other employees, a study suggests.
US researchers found those with access to dogs were less stressed as the day went on than those who had none.
The preliminary study published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management looked at 75 staff.
The researchers suggested access to dogs boosted morale and reduced stress levels, whether people had access to their own pets or other people's.
The study was carried out by a team of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University who looked at a manufacturing company where people are allowed to bring their pets to work.
They compared those who brought in their own pets, with those who had dogs - but left them at home - and staff who did not own pets.
Over a week, the researchers compared employees' stress levels, job satisfaction and feelings about support from and commitment to the company.
Stress hormone levels were measured using saliva samples during the day.
In the morning, there was no difference between the three groups.
But during the course of the work day, stress levels appeared to decline for employees with their dogs present and increased for non-pet owners and dog owners who did not bring their dogs to work.
The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms.”
The researchers also noted that stress rose significantly during the day when owners left their dogs at home compared to days they brought them to work.
Randolph Barker, lead study author and professor of management at the VCU School of Business, said dogs can make a positive difference in the workplace.
"The differences in perceived stress between days the dog was present and absent were significant. The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms."
Prof Barker said having dogs around the workplace may contribute to employee performance and satisfaction.
And he reported positive comments from employees such as "pets in the workplace can be a great bonus for employee morale", "having dogs here is great stress relief" and "dogs are positive; dogs increase co-worker cooperation."
Past research has shown that stress can contribute to employee absenteei* and burnout. It can also result in significant loss of productivity.
Louise Lee, spokesperson at pet charity Blue Cross said they have always promoted the benefits of dogs in the workplace.
"We encourage our employees to bring in their well-behaved dogs where practical and we have seen similar results to the survey - a more enjoyable working environment, staff more likely to take regular breaks and a reduction in stress through stroking and petting dogs during the working day.
"The dogs themselves are also much happier as they are not being left at home for long periods of time."
1.reduce stress ‘减压，也可用pressure’，释放压力是release stress，写作很常用啊。
2.satisfying ‘令人满意度的’
3.access to ‘有权使用，接近’，非常好的短语，access to Internet “接入网络‘
You need a password to get access to the computer system.
Access的形容词为accessible，剑6里面考过，The area is accessible only by helicopter.
4.less stressed ‘压力少的’
5.preliminary ‘初步的’=initial,雅思核心词，preliminary results/findings/enquiries初步结果、发现，调查
6.suggests‘表明’，后跟宾语从句，读文章时注意宾语从句后面的内容比较重要，这个词可是每篇文章都出现哦。
The survey suggests only 20% young people support Obama.
7.boost ‘促进，提高’雅思高频词，反复出现，boost exports/profits 增加出口，提高利润。 Boost confident/morale 增强信心，士气，此处也可以用promote，improve，都很地道。
8.morale‘斗志，道德’，boost morale‘提升斗志’
9.carry out‘执行’，高频，carry out order/scheme/*ysis/research
10. manufacturing company ‘*企业’雅思高频词，生产商是manufacturer。
11.compare with ‘和 对比’。
12.staff ‘工作人员’雅思高频词，也可用employee。
13.Stress hormone levels ‘应激激素水平’，hormone ‘荷尔蒙’，高频词。
14.saliva samples‘唾液样本’，雅思高频词，blood sample血样，sample inspection 样品检测
15.decline ‘减少，下降’，雅思对核心词，rapid/sharp/gradual decline迅速，急剧，逐渐下降，economic decline 经济衰退。
例:The number of tourists declined by 10% last year.
Industry has been in decline。
An increase in cars has resulted in the decline of public transport.
16.positive ‘积的，正面的’。
17.industry norms‘行业标准’。
18.contribute to ‘有助于’雅思高频短语，例：Honesty and hard work contribute to success 。注意这个词后面正面的和负面的结果都可以跟的，比如contribute to his failure
19.comment‘评论’。
20.stress relief‘压力缓解’
21.co-worker cooperation‘同事合作’。
22.absenteei* ‘旷工，旷课’。
23.burnout‘筋疲力尽’名词。动词的burn out是烧光，耗尽。剑九‘天才’那篇文章考过，考官改写成了exhaust。
24.result in ‘导致’。
25. result in significant loss of productivity ‘导致生产力的大量流失’。
26.charity ‘慈善’。
27.well-behaved ‘行为端正的，很乖的’。
28.practical ‘实际的，实用的’。You are practical.你很实际。
The function is practical.这个功能很实用。
29.survey ‘调查’，名词，高频词。
30. be more likely to ‘更有可能’雅思高频短语，必记，写作阅读中大量使用
Young people are more likely to choose foreign companies.
31. perceive 感知，雅思高频词，剑7篇Summary就考了这个词perceive echoes.
32. stroke轻抚，划。剑4讲动物的各种感觉那篇文中有。