TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(2)

 Now, already you may be saying of yourself, I'm not intriguing¹. 也许你们会评价自己，“我不是个有趣的人。

I am the 46th most boring person in the Western Hemisphere. 我在西半球最无趣排行榜上排第46名。

Or you may say of yourself, "I am intriguing, even if I am regarded by most people as a great, thundering twit." 也许你会评价自己，“我是个有趣的人，尽管大部分人都觉得我是个傻瓜。”

But it is your self-diagnosed boringness and your inherent "twitiness"  但正是你们这种自我认知的无聊，或者内在的“傻”，

that makes me, as a psychologist, really fascinated by you. So let me explain why this is so.  让我这个心理学家觉得非常有趣。我来解释一下为什么。

One of the most influential² approaches in personality science is known as trait psychology³, 人格心理学中最有影响力的方法叫做特质理论，

and it aligns⁴ you along five dimensions which are normally distributed,  它用5个正态分布的维度判定你，

and that describe universally held aspects of difference between people.  这5个维度描述了被广泛认同的人与人之间不同的5个方面。

They spell out the acronym⁵ OCEAN.  这5个方面的首字母缩写是OCEAN。

So, "O" stands for "open to experience," versus⁶ those who are more closed. “O”代表“开放性”，与之对立的是，那些不愿冒险的人。

"C" stands for "conscientiousness," in contrast to those with a more lackadaisical⁷ approach to life. “C”代表的是“责任感”，与之相反的是，那些懒散随意的人。

"E" -- "extroversion," in contrast to more introverted people. “E”指的是“外向性”，与之相对的是内向的人。

"A" -- "agreeable individuals," in contrast to those decidedly not agreeable. “A”——“宜人性”，与之相对的是，不那么和善的人。

And "N" -- "neurotic⁸ individuals," in contrast to those who are more stable. 最后是“N”—— “神经质”，与之相对的是那些，更加稳定平和的人。

All of these dimensions have implications for our well-being⁹, for how our life goes. 这5个方面影响我们的健康，影响我们的人生走向。

1 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

3 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

4 aligns   

使成一线( align的第三人称单数 )； 排整齐； 校准； 公开支持（某人、集体或观点）

参考例句：

• HASP SRM fully aligns with the software product lifecycle. HASPSRM完全遵循软件产品的生命周期。
• Significant employee aligns the interests of our employees and our shareholders. 员工大量持股可以使员工与股东的利益协调一致。

5 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

6 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

7 lackadaisical   

adj.无精打采的，无兴趣的；adv.无精打采地，不决断地

参考例句：

• His will was sapped and his whole attitude was lackadaisical.心里松懈，身态与神气便吊儿啷当。
• Lao Wang is very serious with work,so do not be lackadaisical.老王干活可较真儿啦，你可别马马虎虎的。

8 neurotic   

adj.神经病的，神经过敏的；n.神经过敏者，神经病患者

参考例句：

• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。
• There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour.也会对大脑产生不良影响，如焦虑和神经质的行为。

9 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。