BBC 英语学习 当有人说“不”时，你有什么感觉

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Georgie.
And I'm Neil.
Don't forget you can find vocabulary, definitions
and a worksheet for free on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
So Neil, today we're talking about rejection.
So, rejection means saying no to someone
or refusing to accept their idea or suggestion.
Neil, how do you feel about rejection?
Well, nobody likes rejection.
But I think as you get older, you get used to it.
And probably it's quite a good thing to experience rejection,
even if it doesn't feel nice.
Yeah, I agree.
We can't always get what we want, can we?
We can't, no.
In this podcast,
we'll be learning about a new internet trend called rejection therapy
and how people are using it to help them to be more confident.
OK. Let's start with our quiz question, Georgie.
Lots of famous people
have faced rejection in their lives before they became successful,
but which of these things did not happen to the animator Walt Disney
before he became successful?
Was it: a) he lost his job as an artist, b) his first business ran out of money,
or c) his first full length film was a failure?
I've got no idea, but I'm going to go with a) he lost his job as an artist.
OK. Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme.
OK Neil. So, most people don't like being rejected,
but one thing to try might be something called rejection therapy.
It's a social media trend where people record themselves talking to strangers
and sometimes being rejected.
OK. That sounds quite interesting,
but let's find out how it works in practice.
Hannah Gelbart, host of the BBC World Service podcast
What in the World, had a go at the trend.
Let's see how she got on.
Hey, can I come sit down at your table?
Yeah.
Hey, how's it going?
Good, thank you.
How's your day gone?
Good afternoon. How are you doing?
Can I drive your cab?
Can I? Can I get behind the wheel?
Don't be silly...!
Coming somewhere else to try and face my fears...
maybe do a bit of shopping.
I was wondering, can I have a nap in one of these beds?
Can I just try it out?
Wow – I didn't expect that one to be a yes!
Well, it seems like people were pretty nice to Hannah in those examples.
Yes. And she talks with psychologist Claudia Hammond
about how she felt during the experiment.
And actually walking up to the first person,
I felt my adrenaline really, really spiking.
I'm not a socially anxious person.
I think I'm really confident.
But that first thing really scared me.
And once I'd done one, the second one came easier
and the third one came even easier. And you know,
by the fourth time I didn't even mind it whether they said yes or no.
Hannah says that when she walked up to the first stranger in the video,
she felt her adrenaline spiking.
If something spikes, it increases sharply.
Hannah is not generally a socially anxious person.
Someone who is socially anxious is nervous or worried
about speaking to other people.
Each time Hannah tried to speak to a new person, she says, it came easier.
Come easier is an informal way to say something is easier to achieve.
Now, this social media trend is called rejection therapy,
but it's not a proper form of therapy.
It hasn't been tested.
And there are some criticisms of the videos because they involve filming
your interactions with strangers, which people might not want.
But people who post the videos say they boost their confidence.
So, why do people want to ask for rejection?
Psychologist Claudia Hammond has some ideas, which she shared with Hannah
on the BBC World Service podcast What in the World.
What we do know is that there is an increase in perfectionism.
People are more worried now, younger people,
about how other people are judging them.
And so, I wonder whether that might make people more shy of speaking to strangers –
worried that the people will, you know, not appraise them in a good way,
and so doing something like this to try to counter that might feel
like a positive step to people, that they're trying to do something.
Also, they're fun to watch.
Claudia says there's an increase in perfectionism among young people.
Perfectionism is the feeling that everything you do needs to be perfect.
Young people are also worried about how people will appraise them,
which means judge them.
Deliberately looking for rejection
might be an extreme way to become more confident,
but it can lead to surprising discoveries.
Yes, and Hannah found that most strangers she spoke to were friendly
and happy to help, so she didn't really experience rejection much at all.
OK. Georgie, I think it's time now for the answer to my quiz question.
I asked you which rejection Walt Disney didn't experience
before becoming successful?
Yes, and I went for a) I don't think he lost his job as an artist.
Well, actually, the answer was c) his first full length film, Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs, was not a failure.
It was a huge success.
Wow! That was his first film?
That's really impressive.
It is.
OK. Let's recap the vocabulary we learned in this programme,
starting with 'rejection', which means saying no
or refusing an idea or suggestion.
The verb 'spike' means increase suddenly.
Someone who is socially anxious is nervous or worried
about speaking to other people.
If something comes easier, it's easier to achieve.
'Perfectionism' is the feeling that everything you do needs to be perfect.
And if you appraise someone, you judge them.
Once again, our six minutes are up,
but you can test what you've learned with the free worksheet
on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
Thank you for joining us and goodbye.
Goodbye.
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