魔术美文记4级词汇 How to Build Self-Confidence

People who proclaim confidence really seem to be naturally outstanding. They grab more rewarding affairs, maintain agreeable relationships, assist associates sincerely, and just seem to do everything with more style than the conventional behavior of others.

Actually, true self-confidence is neither born nor an overnight acquisition. It is a habit that everyone can cultivate in life. Try these simple tips to drill and enhance the extent of your confidence:

1. Build your confidence vocabulary.

Commonly, optimistic speech makes an active implication to your confidence. So please abandon all the passive words and quit continuously condemning¹ or confessing your defects. Learn to highlight your advantage and faculty².

2. Acknowledge your flaw calmly.

Do not try to flee from it or conceal³ it. Confront it bravely and have a definite definition of it. Then utter it to a reliable mate, a friend or a comrade. Combat with it everyday until the day when you could chip it away and conquer it.

3. Dress for self-confidence.

Your appearance could plunge⁴ you into embarrassment⁵ or arouse your confidence, so pay attention to your dress, sufficiently⁶ utilize⁷ your unique physical assets and exhibit your best image. In addition, in solemn occasions such as a business banquet or a wedding ceremony, elegant bearing contributes to build your confidence.

4. Don’t postpone⁸ what you eventually have to do.

You should break your routine that tackles the work passively. Concentrate your efforts immediately on overcoming it, which will relieve your restless and frustrated⁹ mind and build your self-confidence.

5. Cling to your fundamental principles.

You should have an independent consideration to your private affairs, and follow your inner resolution. Don’t mind the remarks of others

6. Be positive.

Feel pity neither on yourself nor on others. If you are accustomed to disgusting and accusing yourself, others would tend to do that and believe it likewise. Instead, you should speak positively¹⁰ about yourself, your progress, your aspiration¹¹, and your bright prospect¹². By doing so, you would reinforce those ideas in your heart and encourage your growth in a positive direction.

1 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

3 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

4 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

5 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

6 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

7 utilize   

vt.使用，利用

参考例句：

• The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
• You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。

8 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

9 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

11 aspiration   

n.志向，志趣抱负；渴望；(语)送气音；吸出

参考例句：

• Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
• Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。

12 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。