为什么我们在流畅的对话中感觉很舒服，但当对话被意想不到的沉默打断时，我们会感到紧张和沮丧呢？

Why do we feel comfortable in conversations that have flow, but get nervous and distressed when a conversation is interrupted by unexpected silences?

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在他们等着时，克拉维斯在房间里紧张不安地走来走去。

As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously.

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在别人面前讲话时，我总是感到紧张。

I always feel nervous when speaking in front of others.

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And now when I go into a lecture, the nervousness-- because I give myself the permission to be human-- goes away within as little as three hours into the lecture.

现在当我去上课时，紧张感-,因为我准许自己为人-,在课堂进行三小时后会消失。

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