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      It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers

out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves sympathy more, the jobless

or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University

of Cambridge heard data suggesting it's the latter.

    Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on

various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people

who feel insecure in their jobs show similar levels of anxiety and depression as

those who are unemployed. Although a newly jobless person's mental health may

“bottom out" after about six months, and then even begin to improve, the

mental state of people who are continuously worried about losing their job “just

continues to get worse and worse", Burchell says.

     Evolutionary psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings

feel more stress during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but

invisible threat. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety,

for example, while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are

suffering from-even if the result is cancer. It's better to get the bad news and

start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety. When the

uncertainty continues, people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight" response, which

leads to damaging stress.

     But not every employee in insecure industries has such a discouraging view,

Burchell says. In general, women get on better. While reporting higher levels of

anxiety than men when directly questioned, women scored lower in stress on the

GHQ 12, even when they had a job they felt insecure about losing. As Burchell

explains, “For women, most studies show that any job-it doesn't matter

whether it is secure or insecure-gives psychological improvement over

unemployment. " Burchell supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to

feel pressure not only to be employed, but also to be the primary breadwinner,

and that more of a man's self-worth depends on his job.

28. Why do researchers think the still employed deserve sympathy more?

    A. They have to do more work since then.

    B. They have no chance to find better jobs.

     C. They have to work with inexperienced workers.

     D. They constantly worry about losing their jobs.

29. What is most likely to cause a “fight or flight" response?

    A. Not having a paid job.

    B. Fierce competition for jobs.

     C. Not knowing what will happen.

     D. Pressure to work longer hours.

30. What will the writer talk about following the last paragraph?

     A. Advice on preparing a job interview.

     B. Advice to those in insecure industries.

    C. Some knowledge of psychology.

     D. Difference in men and women.

31. What could be the best title for the text?

     A. Is it less stressful to get laid off than stay on?

    B. Should greater sympathy be given to the jobless?

    C. Do employees bear more stress than ever before?

     D. Do men or women show higher levels of anxiety?

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