Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Hobbies 1 Interpreting graphs Samantha carried out a survey at her school about what her schoolmates thought about the stress in their lives. She asked 92 people between the ages of 13 and 19. More than half of the interviews were done with 15- to 16-year-olds. a) Study the two charts below and comment on them. TIP • Prime Time Transition 5: Unit 4  S. 46 Chart 1: “How would you rate the level of stress in your life?” Chart 2: “What do you do to cope with the level of stress in your life?” This graph (1) shows that (2) of the people think their lives are fairly stressful. (3) than 50 per cent of the interviewees said their stress level was three. The second largest group are the people who have the highest stress level: (4) 30 per cent gave their stress level a four. There was hardly anybody who said there wasn’t any stress in their lives: I’m (5) to see that just 2 per cent of the interviewees (6) their stress level was 1. In this graph we can see that (7) is the number one activity for people to cope with their stress. 40 per (8) of the interviewees gave this answer. Eating comes in (9) place with 22 per cent, followed by singing with (10) per cent. There are (11) many people who go running as who sing to cope with their stress. Both activities got 16 per cent. (12) than 10 per cent of the interviewees listen to music in stressful times. b) Why do you think people chose these free time activities? Write sentences. 1. Sleeping: I think sleeping is the best way to cope with stress because it gives you new energy. 2. Eating: 3. Singing: 4. Running: 5. Listening to music: 6. Playing the guitar: 7. Reading: 8. Doing nothing: c) Collect other free time activities that might help to cope with stress. 16 16 22 40 9 3 3 2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Nothing Reading Guitar Music Sleeping Eating Singing Running 51% 20% 1 2 3 4 27% 2% not stressed slightly stressed stressed very stressed How teens cope with stress Teens rate their stress 13 4 Hobbies Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv