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李阳疯狂英语突破对话 Lesson59

2008-09-26来源:
9、 My Face Gets So Red 我的脸红了

M: Hi, Sarah, what’s up?
W: Oh, hi. I just got out of a history class. I had to give a presentation.
M: How did it go?
W: Terribly. I’m sure I made a fool of myself.
M: Why? Weren’t you prepared?
W: No, it’s not that. I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I’ve to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.
M: It is not so bad to blush.
W: But it happens all the time. If the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I’ll blush like crazy if he calls on me. Doesn’t that ever happen to you?
M: No, not really. Maybe you should try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room, like the exit sign.
W: I guess I could try that. But I doubt it will help.
M: You know we talked about this in psychology class. Blushing, even though it’s involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior.
W: What do you mean?
M: Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And, among adults, supposedly women blush more than men.
W: I wonder why.
M: I don’t know. But I had a friend in high school, Brian Smith. It was really easy to make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order.
W: I’m not that bad. Well, I’ve got to get going for my next class. I’ll talk to you later.
---------1999年10月托福听力试题

托福特色词汇
presentation 在课上发言

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M:嗨,莎拉,你好吗?
W:哦,你好。我刚上完历史课,做了一个口头发言。
M:怎么样啊?
W:糟透了。我出尽了丑。
M:为什么?你没有准备吗?
W:不,不是因为那个。我每次在人前讲话都会很紧张。我站在那里,脸变得通红,而且当我知道所有的人都看到我的脸红了的时候,我会更加紧张。
M:脸红并不是件坏事。
W:但我总是这样。如果教授提问,我明明知道答案,当他一叫到我的时候,我的脸拼命地红。这种事也发生在你身上吗?
M:我倒不这样。也许你应该试着忘掉那些观众。眼睛盯着别的地方看,比如看着出口标志什么的。
W:我想我可以试一下,但不知道会不会奏效。
M:你知道吗,我们在心理学课上讨论过这个问题。尽管脸红是不受意志控制的,但它或多或少是后天习得的。
W:什么意思?
M:儿童几乎很少脸红。在成人当中,女性比男性脸红的现象较多。
W:我想知道是为什么。
M:我也不太清楚。我高中时候的一个同学,名叫布莱恩•史密斯,他特别爱脸红,就连餐厅里的女服务员问他要不要点菜的时候,他也脸红。
W:我倒不像他那么严重。好吧,我还要去上课。回头见。