Performance anxiety can be crippling. Entertainers who suffer from it come up with creative defenses. Bono has his purple shades. The indie rock singer Cat Power faces away from the audience. Others turn to more standard solutions like Xanax.
先用舉例說明的方式,介紹一般表演者面對演出壓力的旁門左道
General statement: Entertainers who suffer from it come up with creative defenses.
Examples: Purple shades, facing away from the audience, using Xanax.
But there might be a healthier quick fix: writing.
帶入主題句: a healthier quick fix: writing.
Because new research reveals that writing about your specific worries just before a performance can reduce the risk of blowing it due to anxiety. The work appears in the journal Science.
主要原因
Researchers gave 20 students two math tests. The students did nothing special before the first test. But before the second test, students were told they’d receive money for high marks. Half of the students were then instructed to take 10 minutes and write down any concerns they had about the test. The other half sat quietly. Those who just sat waiting did 12 percent worse on the second test than on the first. But those who wrote about their fears showed a five percent improvement on the exam.
解釋實驗過程:把學生分成兩組分別進行兩次的數學測驗,在考試前十分鐘,要求其中一組寫下他們對考試的擔憂,另外一組則靜靜的等待.結果被要求手寫的學生們獲得較好的成績.
Another part of the research found that writing in general didn’t work—it had to be about test-related concerns to trigger the effect.
給顧忌更清楚的定義.
另外部分的實驗結果顯示,唯有寫下針對考試相關的顧忌才有用.
So to write may prevent some wrongs.
最後的結論利用了Write 和 Right的諧音,做了一個俏皮的雙關.
Performance anxiety can be crippling. Entertainers who suffer from it come up with creative defenses. Bono has his purple shades. The indie rock singer Cat Power faces away from the audience. Others turn to more standard solutions like Xanax.
But there might be a healthier quick fix: writing. Because new research reveals that writing about your specific worries just before a performance can reduce the risk of blowing it due to anxiety. The work appears in the journal Science. [Gerardo Ramirez and Sian Beilock, "Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom"]
Researchers gave 20 students two math tests. The students did nothing special before the first test. But before the second test, students were told they’d receive money for high marks. Half of the students were then instructed to take 10 minutes and write down any concerns they had about the test. The other half sat quietly.
Those who just sat waiting did 12 percent worse on the second test than on the first. But those who wrote about their fears showed a five percent improvement on the exam.
Another part of the research found that writing in general didn’t work—it had to be about test-related concerns to trigger the effect. So to write may prevent some wrongs.
—Christie Nicholson
這是很標準的英文寫作方式,仔細看,從大標題,副標題,主題句,到發展論述全部在講同樣的東西,差別只是在於講述的內容深淺,從淺到深,從廣泛到精細.
大標題
Writing Exercise May Lessen Performance Anxiety's Effects
副標題
Students who addressed their performance anxiety in a writing exercise prior to an exam improved their scores, whereas other students who did not engage in the exercise saw their results drop.
主題句
But there might be a healthier quick fix: writing. Because new research reveals that writing about your specific worries just before a performance can reduce the risk of blowing it due to anxiety.
發展
Researchers gave 20 students two math tests. The students did nothing special before the first test. But before the second test, students were told they’d receive money for high marks. Half of the students were then instructed to take 10 minutes and write down any concerns they had about the test. The other half sat quietly. Those who just sat waiting did 12 percent worse on the second test than on the first. But those who wrote about their fears showed a five percent improvement on the exam.
從新看一遍以後,有印證了嗎?從頭到尾,講的內容都是同樣的一件事,這就是所謂的統一性(Unity),不過講述的方式和內容是由淺到深,模糊到清楚,循序漸進引導著讀者的思路,這就是所謂的連貫性(Coherence).
最後再簡單的把內容總結一下 (還是在講同樣的東西)
So to write may prevent some wrongs.
Performance anxiety can be crippling. Entertainers who suffer from it come up with creative defenses. Bono has his purple shades. The indie rock singer Cat Power faces away from the audience. Others turn to more standard solutions like Xanax.
But there might be a healthier quick fix: writing. Because new research reveals that writing about your specific worries just before a performance can reduce the risk of blowing it due to anxiety. The work appears in the journal Science. [Gerardo Ramirez and Sian Beilock, "Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom"]
Researchers gave 20 students two math tests. The students did nothing special before the first test. But before the second test, students were told they’d receive money for high marks. Half of the students were then instructed to take 10 minutes and write down any concerns they had about the test. The other half sat quietly.
Those who just sat waiting did 12 percent worse on the second test than on the first. But those who wrote about their fears showed a five percent improvement on the exam.
Another part of the research found that writing in general didn’t work—it had to be about test-related concerns to trigger the effect. So to write may prevent some wrongs.
—Christie Nicholson
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