TED/How to make friends with stress?

斯坦福大学心理学家 Kelly McGonigal 是新兴研究领域“科学救助”中的领先者。通过书籍、文章、课程以及研讨会等多种形式，McGonigal致力于帮助我们将最新的研究成果应用到心理学、神经学和药学中去。 在本期的TED演讲中McGonigal告诉大家跟压力做好朋友不仅可以不让压力打倒你，还能够让你在压力下保持健康积极的生活状态。演讲中，她提到压力是否影响你，取决于你对压力的态度均证明了她的观点。

TED内容：

For years I've been telling people, stress makes you sick. It increases the risk of everything from the common cold to cardiovascular disease. Basically, I've turned stress into the enemy. But I have changed my mind about stress, and today, I want to change yours.

多年以来，我一直告诉人们，压力能够使你们变得脆弱。 压力能够增加患上很多疾病的风险：从普通感冒到心血管疾病等到心血管疾病。 事实上，我把压力看作敌人。 但是，我已经改变了我对压力的看法， 而且今天，我也要改变你们对压力的看法。

When you change your mind about stress, you can change your body's response to stress.

当你改变你对压力的观念你便能改变你身体对于压力的反应。

I no longer want to get rid of your stress. I want to make you better at stress.

我不在想清除你们的压力。 我想让你们在压力面前变得更好。

Stress makes you social.

压力可以使得你更社会化。

How you think and how you act can transform your experience of stress.

你如何思考及如何应对压力能够转变你对压力的反应。

When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage. And when you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience.

当你选择将机体对于压力的反应视为一种有利因素，你便建立的一种生理性激励。 而当你选择在压力状态下与别人交流，你便能够建立保护机制。

And one thing we know for certain is that chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

我们能够确信的一事实便是追梦的意义要比逃避不适对于你的身体更有好处。

And so I would say that's really the best way to make decisions, is go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.

因此，我想说那是做出决定的最好方式，跟随那些能够对你的生活有意义的事情 然后相信自己能够处理伴随的压力。

Determined

When you are determined to do something,you work very hard to make it happen.

Kate was determined to win the race.

What have you been determined to do?

Feature

A feature is a part of something that is important or interesting.

The main feature on an elephant's body is its trunk.

What is a common feature on a fish's body?