(10.2.3)--UsefulExpressions.pdf

Useful Expressions from How to make stress your friendDirection:Here are some useful expressions from this units TED Talk.Read aloud the sentences and try tomemorize the useful expression(s)in each sentence.1.I have a confession to make.我要跟大家坦白一件事。2.How about a moderate amount of stress?那觉得承受的压力算适中的呢?3.Basically,Ive turned stress into the enemy.基本上我把压力当作敌人。4.People who experienced a lot of stress in the previous year had a 43 percent increased risk of dying.前一年压力颇大的人，死亡的风险增加了 43%。5.In fact,they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study,including people who had relatively littlestress.事实上，与压力相对较小的研究参与者相比，这样的人死亡风险反而最低。6.You can see why this study freaked me out.你们应能体会为何这研究让我担心害怕了。7.Now to explain how this works,I want you all to pretend that you are participants in a study designed to stressyou out.我来解释为什么会这样，假设你参与一项意图使你紧张的研究中。8.You come into the laboratory,and youre told you have to give a five-minute impromptu speech on yourpersonal weaknesses to a panel of expert evaluators sitting right in front of you,and to make sure you feel thepressure,there are bright lights and a camera in your face,kind of like this.你进入实验室后才知道要发表 5 分钟的即席演说。这段演说以个人缺点为题。眼前的听众将是一群专业评审，为了确认你确实感到压力，镜头和灯光都会聚焦在你脸上，有点像现在这样。9.And unbeknownst to you,the experimenter has been trained to harass you during it.且你们事前不知道，实验己设定成受测者会被干扰。10.Your heart might be pounding,you might be breathing faster,maybe breaking out into a sweat.也许会心跳加速，呼吸急促，甚至满身大大汗。11.But what if you viewed them instead as signs that your body was energized,was preparing you to meet thischallenge?但若将这些现象当成身体活力充沛的象征，表示已准备好迎接挑战，又会怎样呢?12.Before they went through the social stress test,they were taught to rethink their stress response as helpful.在社会压力测试开始前，受试者学着将压力反应当作助力。13.It actually looks a lot like what happens in moments of joy and courage.事实上看起来更像感到兴奋和鼓起勇气时的样子。14.I no longer want to get rid of your stress.我不再想要帮人摆脱压力。15.Stress makes you social.压力让人有社交能力。16.It fine-tunes your brains social instincts.它能微调大脑的社交本能。17.People who spent time caring for others showed absolutely no stress-related increase in dying.那些花时间关心他人的，他们的致命风险完全不受压力影响。18.Now I wouldnt necessarily ask for more stressful experiences in my life,but this science has given me awhole new appreciation for stress.我不一定会希望生活中有更多压力经验，但这样的科学实证让我对压力有全新的正面看法。19.当你如此看待压力,你不只更善于处理压力,还实际作出深刻的宣示。When you choose to view stress in this way,youre not just getting better at stress,youre actually making a prettyprofound statement.