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Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to teach you a very, very important secret.
大家好，我是Emma。今天我要教给大家一个非常非常重要的秘诀。
This secret is going to help you on your tests, such as TOEFL, IELTS, or university, college, any English test.
这个秘诀将在各种考试中帮助你，比如，托福、雅思，或是大学的英语测试。
This secret is going to help you if you have an English job interview.
这个秘诀也将在面试时给你帮助。
And this secret will also help you if you ever decide to ask out that special someone.
同样，这个秘诀还能帮助你约出自己的男神女神。
So, what is this secret I'm telling you about? Well, it is the secret of power pose. Okay.
那么这个秘诀究竟是什么呢？秘诀就是能量姿势。
So, first of all, what am I talking about? What is a power pose? Well, for starters, let's look at the word 'power'.
那么首先，我到底是在讲什么？什么是能量姿势？首先，我们来看看‘能量’这个词。
I've drawn this man here, and if you can tell, he has a lot of big muscles, he looks very strong.
我在黑板这画了一个小人，你能看到他有很多肌肉非常强壮。
Power is similar to strength. It's when you're very confident, when you're strong and you feel strong.
能量与力量有点相似。就是当你非常自信时，当你非常有力并感到力量时的样子。
Then we have our second word: 'pose'. A pose is where you hold a position, and you stand still doing something.
再看第二个词‘姿势’。姿势就是你保持的形态，就是你保持不动。
So, for example, this is a pose. Okay? These are poses. So, why are we learning about power poses today?
举个例子，这个就是姿势。这些也是姿势。那么为什么今天要学习能量姿势呢？
Well, a lot of the times, ESL students, students learning English, their English level goes down because they don't have confidence.
很多时候，一些ESl学生，学习英文的学生，他们的英语水平下降，就是因为他们不自信。
When they feel nervous, when they feel scared, their language level goes from here, downward.
当他们感到紧张、害怕时，他们的语言水平就会下降。
This usually happens in tests, and the reason is because...because of fear and lack of confidence.
这通常会发生在考试中，原因是因为恐惧和不自信。
So, how do we stop this from happening? How do we make ourselves feel confident so we'll do well on that test?
那么我们要怎样阻止这种情况呢？怎样才能让自己感到自信，让自己开始发挥正常呢？
Well, one way is by doing a power pose. Your body language, the way you stand,
一种方式就是通过做能量姿势。你的肢体语言，你站立的方式，
the way you stand impacts how you feel, and it impacts how you will do on your test.
你的站姿影响你的心情，影响你在考试时的发挥。
I'm going to show you what I mean. Okay? Imagine I am a student and I am going to do my TOEFL test.
让我来解释一下。想象一下我是一名学生，准备开始托福考试。
I go over to weak pose. Now, imagine before my test, I'm waiting to do it and I'm sitting like this.
我做的是一个弱势姿势。现在想象在考试前，我等待考试并像这样坐着。
I'm going to start feeling nervous, and a lot of it has to do with the way I'm sitting.
我开始感到紧张，这就和我的站姿有很大的关系。
Notice I'm crouched over, my arms are folded, I'm looking downward. Okay?
注意我在蹲着，我的双臂重叠并朝着地板看。
Even doing this right now, I'm starting to feel a little bit nervous. This is called a weak pose,
即使现在做这些，我都开始感到紧张，这就是弱势姿势，
and if you do something like this, your arms are crossed and you're going small. It makes you less confident.
如果你像这样做，你的手臂交叉，把自己缩小。这样也会让你更加不自信。
Whereas, if I go to do my TOEFL and I do a power pose, I'm going to be more confident.
然而，如果在我参加托福考试时，我做出了能量姿势，我就会更加自信。
What are power poses? They're poses where you try to be as big as possible. See how more...? Much more confident I look now? Okay?
什么是能量姿势呢？能量姿势就是你试着尽可能扩大自己的空间。像这样，现在我看起来更加自信了。
So, notice my arms are taking up a lot of space. I could go like this, I could go like this.
注意我的手臂占据了很多空间，我可以这样，也可以这样。
The more space you take up, the more confident you will feel.
你占的空间越多，你就会感到越自信。
Now, I'm not telling you that in the middle of an exam or a job interview you should stand up and start flexing your muscles. No.
我并不是说在考试或面试时，你应该站起来开始舒展你的肌肉。不是这样的。
What I'm saying is before your test, before your job interview, before taking the IELTS or TOEFL, go to the bathroom.
我是说在考试、面试前，在你考雅思或托福前，去趟洗手间。
You have time before the test, stand in front of a mirror, do these poses.
站在镜子前，做这些姿势。
They will make you sound more confident, and they will make you feel more confident as you write your test.
它们会让你听起来更加自信，当你考试时会让你感到更多的自信
While you're doing speaking, whether it's at a bar or whether, you know, in front of a computer for TOEFL,
当你说话时，不论是在酒吧还是在哪，比如托福口语考试的电脑前，
or talking to an IELTS examiner, make sure you're not seated in a weak position like this. Okay?
或是在跟雅思考官交流时，确保你的坐姿不是像这样的弱势姿势，好么？
If you're answering like this, your answers are not going to be as good as they can be.
如果你像这样回答问题，那么你的答案可能并不理想。
You're going to be nervous, and as a result, you will not do as well on your test.
你会感到紧张，因此，考试可能会失常发挥。
So, my main, main focus here: be aware of your body language.
所以我主要的关注点就是：注意你的肢体语言。
By doing a power pose before a test, you will do a lot better than if you just go to your test and sit like this.
通过考试前做一些能量姿势，会比这样的坐姿发挥更好。
Now, some of you might not believe what I'm saying. 'Oh, Emma, this sounds wonderful, but I don't know if it's true or not.'
现在，大家可能不太相信我所说的这些。‘天啊，Emma，这听起来很棒，但是不知道是真是假。’
Well, if you are interested in looking at the research about this, you can Google Amy Cuddy.
好吧，如果你感兴趣的话，可以看看相关研究，可以谷歌Amy Cuddy。
She's a very famous psychologist who has studied body language, and she has a lot of documentaries and videos, such as TED Talks about this. Okay?
她是研究肢体语言的著名心理学家，她的文献和视频也有很多，比如：TED。
So, what is the point, again, what is the main idea of power pose? Before your test, do power poses. Okay?
能量姿势的主观点是什么呢？在考试之前，做能量姿势，好么？
So, until next time, take care and I hope to see you later.
那么，保重，下期见。
