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这期播客来自“Speak English with Class”节目。
Anna, yesterday I destroyed a meeting.
安娜，昨天我搞砸了一场会议。
Destroyed?
被毁了吗？
That's a strong word.
strong”确实是一个含义很强的词。
Okay, maybe not destroyed, but I did say something very unforgettable.
好吧，也许我的话并没有“彻底摧毁”对方的观点，但我确实说了一些非常令人难忘的话。
Now I'm worried.
现在我开始担心了。
I said, we need to improve the customer potato.
我说：“我们需要改进那些让客户感到不满的产品或服务。
The customer potato?
那个被顾客“嫌弃”的土豆？
Portal.
我说，我们需要提升客户土豆。客户土豆？
I meant portal.
我指的是“传送门”（portal）。
That is a very different business strategy.
这是一种截然不同的商业策略。
Very different.
非常不同。
Very agricultural.
这个地区的农业非常发达。
Okay, back up.
好吧，让我们先退一步，重新思考一下。
What actually happened?
到底发生了什么？
Someone asked for my opinion, and the thing is I knew my idea.
有人征求我的意见，其实我早就想好了自己的想法。
I had it clearly in my head.
我脑海中非常清楚地记得这件事。
Right.
好的。
But the second everyone looked at me, my brain got nervous and chose the wrong word.
但就在所有人都看向我的那一刻，我的大脑突然变得紧张起来，结果选错了词语。
Uh, the pressure moment.
呃，压力矩（pressure moment）。
Exactly.
没错。
My English wasn't the problem.
我的英语水平并不是问题所在。
My confidence left the room for a second.
有那么一瞬间，我的自信心完全消失了（仿佛“从房间里跑出去了”）。
That happens to so many people.
这种情况在很多人身上都会发生。
So instead of explaining my idea calmly, I started speaking faster, using bigger words and smiling like a business robot.
结果，我没有冷静地解释自己的想法，反而开始加快语速、使用更复杂的词汇，并像一个“商业机器人”一样不停地微笑。
Very professional.
非常专业。
Very nervous.
非常紧张。
Slightly overheating.
系统略微出现过热现象。
You get it now.
你现在明白了吧。
And after the potato incident?
那么，在那次土豆事件之后呢？
I apologized three times and said, sorry, I'm bad at explaining.
我道了三次歉，并说：“对不起，我不擅长解释事情。
Even though my idea was actually clear in my head, I just got nervous.
尽管我的想法在脑海中其实非常清晰，但我还是感到紧张不安。
That's such a real moment.
那真是一个非常真实的时刻。
Sometimes the problem isn't your English.
有时候，问题并不出在你的英语水平上。
It's the pressure of building your answer clearly in the moment.
这种压力源于需要在当下就清晰地组织好自己的回答内容。
Yes.
是的。
I had the idea, but I didn't have a calm path for saying it.
我有了这个想法，但却不知道该如何以一种冷静、有条理的方式表达出来。
And that is exactly why we created the English leap answer builder.
这正是我们开发“English Leap Answer Builder”（英语答题辅助工具）的原因。
Because many learners understand the question.
因为许多学习者都理解这个问题。
They know what they want to say.
他们知道自己想说什么。