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9、 My Face Gets So Red 我的臉紅了

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月托福聽力試題

【托福特色詞匯】
presentation 在課上發(fā)言

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M：嗨，莎拉，你好嗎？
W：哦，你好。我剛上完歷史課，做了一個口頭發(fā)言。
M：怎么樣??？
W：糟透了。我出盡了丑。
M：為什么？你沒有準備嗎？
W：不，不是因為那個。我每次在人前講話都會很緊張。我站在那里，臉變得通紅，而且當我知道所有的人都看到我的臉紅了的時候，我會更加緊張。
M：臉紅并不是件壞事。
W：但我總是這樣。如果教授提問，我明明知道答案，當他一叫到我的時候，我的臉拼命地紅。這種事也發(fā)生在你身上嗎？
M：我倒不這樣。也許你應該試著忘掉那些觀眾。眼睛盯著別的地方看，比如看著出口標志什么的。
W：我想我可以試一下，但不知道會不會奏效。
M：你知道嗎，我們在心理學課上討論過這個問題。盡管臉紅是不受意志控制的，但它或多或少是后天習得的。
W：什么意思？
M：兒童幾乎很少臉紅。在成人當中，女性比男性臉紅的現象較多。
W：我想知道是為什么。
M：我也不太清楚。我高中時候的一個同學，名叫布萊恩•史密斯，他特別愛臉紅，就連餐廳里的女服務員問他要不要點菜的時候，他也臉紅。
W：我倒不像他那么嚴重。好吧，我還要去上課?；仡^見。