secret. This secret is going to help you on your tests, such as TOEFL, IELTS, or university,

這個訣竅可以幫助你的考試，例如：托福、雅思、或大學、學院；

college; any English test. This secret is going to help you if you have an English job

任何一種英文考試。如果你有一場英文工作面試，這秘訣可以幫助到你。

interview. And this secret will also help you if you ever decide to ask out that special someone.

它也能幫助你約到特別的人出去約會。

So, what is this secret I'm telling you about? Well, it is the secret of power pose. Okay.

我要跟你說的秘訣是什麼？就是強而有力的姿勢。

So, first of all, what am I talking about? What is a power pose? Well, for starters,

首先，我在講什麼？什麼是有力的姿勢？對初學者而言，

let's look at the word "power". I've drawn this man here, and if you can tell, he has

我們先來看"power"這個字。我已經畫了一個男人在上面，你可以看得出來，

a lot of big muscles, he looks very strong. Power is similar to strength. It's when you're

他身上很多肌肉，非常的強壯。Power跟力量意思相似，當你非常

very confident, when you're strong and you feel strong.

有自信，當你身體很壯而且感覺強大，

Then we have our second word: "pose". A pose is where you hold a position, and you stand

這時候我們第二個字"pose"就出現了。"pose"意旨你維持一個姿勢，並且停止

still doing something. So, for example, this is a pose. Okay? These are poses. So, why

做事情。例如：這樣是一個姿勢，懂嗎？這些都是。

are we learning about power poses today? Well, a lot of the times, ESL students, students

為什麼我們今天要學習有力的姿勢？恩，很多時候，ESL學生、

learning English, their English level goes down because they don't have confidence. When

學英文的學生，因為沒有足夠的自信導致英文程度下滑，

they feel nervous, when they feel scared, their language level goes from here, downward.

當他們感到緊張，當他們感到害怕，他們的語言能力從這裡逐漸下降。

This usually happens in tests, and the reason is because... Because of fear and lack of confidence.

這通常發生在考試上，原因是因為...因為害怕以及缺乏自信心。

So, how do we stop this from happening? How do we make ourselves feel confident so we'll

那我們我該如何阻止這情況發生？我們如何能讓自己感到自信並且在

do well on that test? Well, one way is by doing a power pose. Your body language, the

考試上發揮實力？有一個方法，就是擺出有力的姿勢。你的肢體語言，你站立

way you stand, the way you stand impacts how you feel, and it impacts how you will do on

的方式，像這樣子，可以影響你的感受，以及你如何在

your test.

考試中發揮。

I'm going to show you what I mean. Okay? Imagine I am a student and I am going to do my TOEFL

我現在實際做給你看。想像我是一個學生，而我即將有場托福考試，

test. I go over to weak pose. Now, imagine before my test, I'm waiting to do it and I'm

我走來無力姿勢這區。現在，想像在考試之前，我等待著，並且坐姿

sitting like this. I'm going to start feeling nervous, and a lot of it has to do with the

是這樣，我會開始感到緊張，這些都是源自於

way I'm sitting. Notice I'm crouched over, my arms are folded, I'm looking downward.

我坐著的方式。注意到我縮背，雙臂抱緊，一直往地板上看。

Okay? Even doing this right now, I'm starting to feel a little bit nervous. This is called

即便我現在這麼做，我都開始感到一點緊張了，這就是所謂的

a weak pose, and if you do something like this, your arms are crossed and you're going

無力姿勢，如果你做像這樣的動作，你的手臂交叉，看起來很渺小，

small. It makes you less confident.

這讓你的自信心減少。

Whereas, if I go to do my TOEFL and I do a power pose, I'm going to be more confident.

反之，當我考托福時做一個強而有力的動作，我看起來很有自信。

What are power poses? They're poses where you try to be as big as possible. See how

哪些是有力的動作？這些動作就是讓你自己看起來巨大。你看...?

more...? Much more confident I look now? Okay? So, notice my arms are taking up a lot of

你看我現在多有自信？懂嗎？注意我的手臂占據很大的空間，

space. I could go like this, I could go like this. The more space you take up, the more

我可以像這樣，也可以這樣擺。占據越多的空間，

confident you will feel.

你越能感到有自信。

Now, I'm not telling you that in the middle of an exam or a job interview you should stand

我並不是叫你在考試當中或工作面談時，必須站起來

up and start flexing your muscles. No. What I'm saying is before your test, before your

開始伸展你的肌肉，錯，我的意思是在考試之前，

job interview, before taking the IELTS or TOEFL, go to the bathroom. You have time before

在工作面試前，雅思或托福考試前，去趟洗手間。在考試開始之前你有一些時間，

the test, stand in front of a mirror, do these poses. They will make you sound more confident,

站在鏡子面前，做這些姿勢，會讓你看起來很有自信，

and they will make you feel more confident as you write your test.

並且讓你在考試時可以很有自信的作答。

While you're doing speaking, whether it's at a bar or whether, you know, in front of

當你在說話時，不管是在酒吧或著其他地方，例如托福考試

a computer for TOEFL, or talking to an IELTS examiner, make sure you're not seated in a

會坐在電腦前，雅思會和考試官面對面對談，確保你不會坐得

weak position like this. Okay? If you're answering like this, your answers are not going to be

像無力姿勢。如果你這樣回答，你的答案通常不會

as good as they can be. You're going to be nervous, and as a result, you will not do

如預期的好，你會開始緊張，最後，考試不會

as well on your test.

有好成績。

So, my main, main focus here: be aware of your body language. By doing a power pose

所以，我最最主要注重在這裡：注意你的肢體語言，考試前

before a test, you will do a lot better than if you just go to your test and sit like this.

做些有力姿勢，你會發現這比你只是上場考試，採取這樣坐姿還要有效。

Now, some of you might not believe what I'm saying. "Oh, Emma, this sounds wonderful,

現在，大部分的人可能不會相信我所說的，"喔Emma，這聽起來真美好，

but I don't know if it's true or not." Well, if you are interested in looking at the research

但我不知道是真是假。" 如果你有興趣知道相關的研究，

about this, you can Google Amy Cuddy. She's a very famous psychologist who has studied

你可以上網搜尋"Amy Cuddy"，她是位研究肢體語言的

body language, and she has a lot of documentaries and videos, such as TED Talks about this. Okay?

有名心理學家，她有很多的資料和影片，例如TED Talks。

So, what is the point, again, what is the main idea of power pose? Before your test,

現在，再次強調，重點是，強而有力的姿勢觀點是什麼？ 在你考試之前，

do power poses. Okay? So, until next time, take care and I hope to see you later.

做些有力的姿勢，懂嗎？在下次見面之前，希望你一切平安，並且可以再次見到你。