向前一步:第42期 往桌前坐(10)
英语课
When I don't feel confident, one tactic 1 I've learned is that it sometimes helps to fake it. 当感觉不到自信时，我告诉你一个窍门，就是要假装自信。有时候这招很管用。
I discovered this when I was an aerobics 2 instructor 3 in the 1980s 这个诀窍是我在20世纪80年代教健美操时发现的
(which meant a silver leotard, leg warmers, and a shiny headband, all of which went perfectly 4 with my big hair). （你可以想象我穿着银色的紧身衣、暖腿袜套、发套——这些和我的大蓬头非常相配）。
Influenced by the gospel of Jane Fonda, aerobics also meant smiling solidly for a full hour. 受简·方达信条的影响，练习健美操意味着得整整一个小时保持微笑。
Some days, the smile came naturally. 有些时候，笑容是自然流露的；
Other days, I was in a lousy mood and had to fake it. 有些时候，我心情很糟糕，就不得不假笑。
Yet after an hour of forced smiling, I often felt cheerful. 不过，在强迫自己微笑一个小时后，我常常会觉得快乐了许多。
Many of us have experienced being angry with someone and then having to pretend everything's great in public. 我们中许多人都有过这样的经历：正生着某人的气时，又必须马上在众人面前装出“一切都很好”的样子。
My husband, Dave, and I have our moments, and just when we are getting into it, it will be time to go to a friend's house for dinner. 我和丈夫戴夫就有过这种体会。有一次，当我们两人之间因争吵而导致气氛逐渐紧张时，突然发现不得不去一个朋友家吃晚饭。
We put on our "everything's great" smiles, and amazingly, after a few hours, it often is. 于是，我们便挂上“一切都很好”的假笑容。奇妙的是，在几个小时后，之前的不快都自动消散，一切似乎真的已经变好了。
Research backs up this "fake it till you feel it" strategy. 现有的研究都很支持这种“假装自信，直到变得自信”的策略。
One study found that when people assumed a high-power pose (for example, taking up space by spreading their limbs) for just two minutes, 一项研究表明，当人们采取大幅度的动作时（比如肢体的伸展运动），只要持续两分钟，
their dominance hormone 5 levels (testosterone) went up and their stress hormone levels (cortisol) went down. 主导力的荷尔蒙水平（即睾酮，男性荷尔蒙的一种）就会上升，而压力荷尔蒙水平（即皮质醇）就会下降，
As a result, they felt more powerful and in charge and showed a greater tolerance 6 for risk. 从而让人感到自己更有力量、更有责任感，也更愿意承担风险。
A simple change in posture 7 led to a significant change in attitude. 这说明，简单的姿势变化会让态度产生重要的变化。
n.战略，策略；adj.战术的，有策略的
- Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
- She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。
n.健身操，健美操，韵律操
- Doing aerobics is a good way to improve one's health.做有氧健身操是改善健康状况的一个好方法。
- Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?今天上午你不是去上有氧运动课吗？
n.指导者，教员，教练
- The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
- The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌
- Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
- This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
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