新综合教程 第一册 教学课件 熊选琴 刘重霄Unit 2 1 U2.pptVIP

Unit 2 Text A：Impress Your Date with Your Self-confidence Dating can make most people stressful and nervous. During dating you might feel like you are under a microscope and all your failures and faults are exposed in the open, but you can make things easier on yourself by boosting your confidence. Youll become much more attractive to any date when you show self-confidence. In addition, youll be able to enjoy yourself more and get much more out of the dating experience as well. Since the purpose of dating is to get to know someone better, most people are nervous about making a good impression. Self-doubts can creep in. People will ask themselves: are they smart enough? Attractive enough? Successful enough? Coupled with the threat of rejection, it is enough to make anyones confidence plummet. Heres how you can increase your confidence and make your date successful: First, dont worry too much about the date. It is just a date—only one afternoon or evening. The rest of your life does not depend on it, except, perhaps, if you could be meeting your future spouse! Whether you are just looking for a fun night or desperately trying to find your Mr. or Mrs. Right, it is best to just focus on the date itself. Take it for what it is and dont put a lot of pressure on the event. Enjoy the person you are dating with and the meal, the movie, or whatever—dont have any great expectations other than a fun date. Go to date, believing in yourself as a person who has a lot of confidence. Weve all seen the person that sweeps into the room, even when they might not be the most attractive, or the best dressed. If you picture yourself as confident, you will act this way—even when you dont really feel it is the real you. Dont try to impress your date by acting like someone you are not, because you will know it is a charade and you have to have a lot of confidence to pull it off. If you feel unsafe about yourself, concentrate on the other person. Show them you are interes