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短文一
When facing a new situation, some people tend to rehearse their defeat by spending too much time anticipating the worst.
面臨新環境時，有些人因為花太多的時間做最壞的打算，所以他們易于重復他們的失敗。
I remember talking with a young lawyer who was about to begin her first jury trial.
我記得和一位年輕律師交談，她將要開始她的第一次陪審團審訊。
She was very nervous.
她非常緊張。
I asked what impression she wanted to make on the jury.
我問她想給陪審團留下什么樣的印象。
She replied: "I don't want to look too inexperienced, I don't want them to suspect this is my first trial."
她回答道：“我不想讓自己看起來太沒經驗，不想讓他們懷疑這是我第一次參與審訊。”
This lawyer had fallen victims to the "don'ts" syndrome—a form of negative goal setting.
這位律師成了“不能”綜合征的受害者——一種設定消極目標的形式。
The "don'ts" can be self-fulfilling because your mind response to pictures.
這種“不能”之所以會自行實現，是因為你的大腦響應這些“不能”的畫面。
Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nerve system the same way as actually doing something.
斯坦福大學進行的研究表明，大腦中的圖像刺激神經系統的原理與某人實際在做某事是一樣的。
That means when a golfer tells himself:” Don't hit the ball into the water.” His mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water.
這就像是高爾夫球手對自己說：“千萬別把球打進水里”。他的腦海里就浮現出球飛進水里的畫面。
So guess where the ball will go?
那么，猜猜球會打到哪里去？
Consequently, before going into any stressful situation, focus only on what you want to have happen.
因此，在進入有壓力的環境之前，只需將注意力集中在你想要發生的事情上。
I asked the lawyer again how she wanted to appear at her first trial.
我再次詢問這名律師想以什么樣的形象出現在她的第一次陪審團審訊上。
And this time she said: “I want to look professional and self-assured.”
這次她說：“我想看起來專業和自信”。
I told her to create a picture of what self-assured would look like.
我讓她想象一下她自信時的樣子。
To her, it meant moving confidently around the court room, using convincing body language and projecting her voice, so it could be heard from the judge's bench to the back door.
就她而言，該畫面就是能自信地在法庭上走動、使用有魄力的肢體語言和大聲地說話，這樣法庭里的所有人都能聽到她講話。
She also imagined a skillful closing argument and a winning trial.
她還想像了一下巧妙的結案陳詞和勝訴的場面。
A few weeks after this positive stress rehearsal, the young lawyer did win.
這樣的積極壓力預演后的一兩周，這位年輕的律師果然勝訴了。
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題9到12是基于你剛才所聽到的那篇短文。
Question 9: What do some people do when they face a new situation?
問題9：面臨新環境時，有些人會怎么做？
Question 10: What does the research conducted at Stanford University show?
問題10：斯坦福大學進行的研究表明了什么？
Question 11: What advice does the speaker give to people in a stressful situation?
問題11：說話者給處于壓力之中的人們的建議是什么？
Question 12: What do we learn about the lawyer in the court?
問題12：我們能從法庭上的律師身上獲得什么信息？
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