現在生活節奏越來越快，家庭和工作等各方面的壓力有時候會壓得我們喘不過氣來。為了身心健康，很多人嘗試用音樂、運動、食物等辦法減壓，你如何減壓呢？

1. I've been really stressed. It's the end of the year and I've got so much stuff to do! I feel like I'm drowning in work.

我近來壓力非常大，到年底了，要做的事情很多，我感覺我要溺死在工作里了。

2.?The stress?is seriously affecting my life! I can't sleep, I don't have much of an appetite and my husband says I've been kind of short tempered.

壓力嚴重影響了我的生活，我睡不著，胃口也不好。我老公說我近來脾氣也很急躁。

3. I've tried ginseng, herbal teas ... to deal with my stress, and nothing seems to work.

我試了喝人參和花草茶等來減壓，但是似乎都不管用。

4. Tina is a yoga fanatic. She swears it's reduced her stress levels significantly.

蒂娜特別熱衷瑜珈，她說做瑜珈幫她大大減輕了壓力。

5. When I'm there on my yoga mat, I'm able to tune out the rest of the world. It's such a peaceful feeling.

當我在瑜伽墊上的時候，我就不去想其他事情，感覺特別平靜。

6. Relaxing is actually quite difficult. Our brains are so revved up. It's really hard to slow down.

放松其實很難，我們的大腦平時都在加速運轉，想松弛下來很難。

7. My husband swears by classical music to relax.

我老公喜歡通過聽古典音樂來放松。

8. I've tried meditating a couple times, but I couldn't stop my brain from thinking about work. I can't seem to get in the zone.

我試過通過冥想來減壓，但是我總是想起工作，無法進入（冥想）狀態。

9. For me, sometimes I just need a good hard workout. I like to put on boxing gloves and hit a punching bag...makes me feel much better!

于我而言，我只要好好鍛煉鍛煉就能減壓。我喜歡戴上拳擊手套，打打吊袋，這讓我感覺好多了。

10. I saw a news article yesterday that says chocolate helps relieve stress.

我昨天看到一篇新聞，說吃巧克力可以減壓。

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“心煩”的十種英語表達

Stressed out 壓力很大

美國年輕人這樣表達“放松”

On edge 煩躁不安

（改編自VOA英語教學 編輯：旭燕）

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