ネイティブの英文で英語表現を覚えよう！ 034 存在感がなによりも重要かも
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| キーワード | 発音記号 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| presence | /ˈprezəns/ | 存在感、威厳 |
| flashy | /ˈflæʃi/ | けばけばしい、派手な |
| quiet gravity | /ˈkwaɪət ˈɡrævəti/ | 静かな重み、落ち着いた威厳 |
| get respect | /ɡet rɪˈspekt/ | 尊敬を得る |
| how they carry themselves | /haʊ ðeɪ ˈkæri ðəmˈselvz/ | 彼らの立ち居振る舞い |
| self-conscious | /ˌself ˈkɒnʃəs/ | 自意識過剰な、人目を気にする |
| gravitate toward | /ˈɡrævɪteɪt təˈwɔːrd/ | ～に引き寄せられる、～に自然と向かう |
| gumdrops and rainbows | /ˈɡʌmdrɒps ənd ˈreɪnboʊz/ | 甘くて楽しいことばかり（現実離れした理想郷のイメージ） |
| has its place | /hæz ɪts pleɪs/ | それなりの場所がある、それなりの意味がある |
| some measure of | /sʌm ˈmeʒər əv/ | ある程度の |
| intrigue | /ɪnˈtriːɡ/ | 興味をそそる、魅了する |
| up to a certain point | /ʌp tuː ə ˈsɜːrtən pɔɪnt/ | ある程度まで、ある時点まで |
| pharmaceutical | /ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkəl/ | 製薬の、医薬品の |
| bathe in the majesty of | /beɪð ɪn ðə ˈmædʒəsti əv/ | ～の雄大さに浸る、～の壮麗さを堪能する |
| trite warning | /traɪt ˈwɔːrnɪŋ/ | ありふれた警告、陳腐な注意 |
| is thirsty for | /ɪz ˈθɜːrsti fɔːr/ | ～を渇望している、～を切望している |
| Don’t you fucking dare | /doʊnt juː ˈfʌkɪŋ deər/ | 絶対に～するな（強い警告） |
I think most people underestimate how much “presence” affects your entire life-not looks, not money, just presence.
Over the years, I’ve started to believe there’s something even more important than looks, status, or intelligence it’s something harder to define, but you feel it instantly in a person: presence.
I don’t mean confidence, not exactly. Presence is when someone walks into a room and people notice, even if they’re not traditionally good-looking or flashy. It’s a kind of quiet gravity. The people who make you feel seen when they talk to you, who aren’t rushed, who speak like they mean it, even if they say very little.
Some of the most “average” looking people I’ve met have insane presence and they get respect, attention, even romantic interest, just from how they carry themselves. On the flip side, I’ve met conventionally attractive people who feel invisible because they’re awkward or self-conscious.
It’s something I’ve been trying to build in myself not fake confidence, but real energy. Not talking more, but listening better. Not trying to impress, but being grounded.
No one teaches you this stuff growing up. We’re told to focus on grades, looks, careers… but no one talks about how to build the kind of energy that changes how people respond to you.
Maybe that’s why some people who “have it all” still feel empty and others, who you wouldn’t expect, quietly light up every room.
Anyone else noticed this?
回答者１
In my experience- People gravitate toward positivity. Now I don’t mean unrealistic positivity where everything is gumdrops and rainbows. Realism has its place too. If you can balance realistic responses even in negative times but keep up some measure of positivity to power through them, people look, people listen. They want to know how you can remain optimistic even during stress. They may never ask but it’s intrigues them.
回答者２
Most people will argue with you because they think everyone is the same. I’m old, I figured this out when I realized I have a presence up to a certain point. I’m a teacher. The kids respect me. But, I could never walk in a room and get adults attentions. My father could. I also have a niece who is now 30. She was always the popular kid at school team captain then got promoted to a supervisor position after 3 years. Her mother became a vp at age 30 for a pharmaceutical. All about the presence.
回答者３
Honestly, for me, presence is just turning up to any situation with genuine curiosity and simply ‘being’.
I have been told I have presence. But I think people can confuse confidence with a lack of worrying what people think. I don’t think I’m better, I just think we’re all fucked and it’s delicious.
You be unashamedly you. Honestly. Do not think about anyone else, other than their feelings when you talk to them. You just bathe in the majesty of you. Because (trite warning) I spent my life trying to compete in “the lane”. The moment I stopped, they come.
Be Kanye. Be Cobain. Be Cohen. And then be you. Realize what confidence is. It is you being you as authentically as you can be.
The world is thirsty for authenticity. Don’t you fucking dare not be. They will smell it a mile off.
出典元
https://www.reddit.com/r/Life/comments/1kby4av/i_think_most_people_underestimate_how_much/
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