我们说的英语：心流状态

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我是菲菲，和我在一起的是贝卡。

I'm Feifei and here with me is Becca.

贝卡，你最近怎么样？

How are you doing Becca?

嗨，菲菲。

Hey, Feifei.

我很好。

I'm doing well.

谢谢。

Thanks.

我今天上午过得非常充实。

I've had a very productive morning.

我完成了许多任务，还列好了下午的待办事项清单。

I finished lots of tasks and made a to do list for the afternoon.

我觉得自己一大早就进入了心流状态。

I feel like I've entered a flow state pretty early in the day.

是的。

Yes.

你看起来非常忙碌。

You seem to have been very busy.

但是Becca，你所说的‘心流状态’是什么意思？

But Becca, what do you mean by a flow state?

‘心流状态’这个说法在社交媒体上变得流行起来。

The phrase flow state gained popularity on social media.

很多年轻人把它当作日常用语的一部分。

A lot of young people use it as part of their everyday language.

当我们进入心流状态时，会感觉自己完全专注于某件事。

When we enter a flow state, we feel that we are fully focused on something.

这是一种心理状态，在这种状态下，我们完全专注于正在做的事情。

It's a kind of mental state where we're fully concentrated on whatever we're doing.

正因为如此，我们感觉时间过得更快了。

And because of that, we feel like time moves more quickly.

我们可能只会专注于正在做的事情，结果也能更熟练、更轻松地完成它。

We might not think about anything else other than what we're doing, and we might do it more skillfully and easily as a result.

啊，所以你觉得自己今天早上特别高效。

Ah, that's why you feel like you've had a very productive morning.

你经常进入心流状态吗？

Do you enter a flow state often?

不太经常。

Not very often.

当周围的环境不合适时，很难进入心流状态。

It's hard to enter a flow state or get into a flow state when the conditions around you aren't right.

比如，我喜欢去咖啡馆工作，但那里有时人多嘈杂，很难进入心流状态。

For example, I love going to cafes to do some work, but it can be hard to get into a flow state there because they're sometimes busy or distracting.

是的，我同意。

Yes, I agree.

难道只有工作时你才会进入心流状态吗？

And is it only work tasks that you feel you get into a flow state for?

完全不是。

Not at all.

对于你真正喜欢的活动，更容易进入心流状态。

It's probably easier to get into a flow state with activities that you really enjoy.

比如，我非常喜欢绘画，但我并不常画。

For example, I love painting, but I don't do it often.

我只是没时间。

I just don't have the time.

所以每当我有了想画的灵感，我都会确保留出一整天来做这件事。

So when I have an idea of something I'd like to paint, I make sure that I have a free day to do it.

我会舒服地坐下来，放点舒缓的音乐，然后进入心流状态。

I sit comfortably, put on some relaxing music, and I enter a flow state.

等我反应过来时，外面已经黑了，一整天就这么不知不觉地过去了。

Before I know it, it's dark outside and the day has completely passed me by.

你一画画就一整天过去了，贝卡。

You paint the day away, Becca.

现在，我们来听听更多关于心流状态的例子。

Now, let's listen to more examples of flow state.

很快，时间就飞逝了。

Quickly, and then time flies.

我完全不知道发生了什么，等我做完时，可能已经过去好几个小时了。

I've got no idea what's happening, and it could be hours later when I finish.

我觉得最容易进入心流状态的时候是。

I find it easiest to get into a flow state.

当我在家弹吉他时，我会放一些我喜欢的音乐，身边放一杯热饮，然后就能开始工作，一干就是好久。

When I'm working guitar from home, I've got some music on that I like, and I've got a hot drink with me, then I can just start work and carry on for ages.

当周围很多人说话时，我很难进入心流状态。

I find it really hard to get into a flow state when lots of people are talking around me.

我真的只需要安静。

I really just need silence.

这个表达真不错。

This is a cool expression.

我觉得我以前听说过，冥想中也会用到心流状态。

I think I've heard of flow state being used in meditation before.

你确实可能听说过，菲菲。

You certainly might have done Feifei.

心流状态也是瑜伽和冥想中训练专注力的一种方法。

Flow state is also a technique in yoga and meditation to train the mind to focus.

你可能在科学领域也听过这个词。

You might also hear it in science.

当粒子能够更自由地移动或流动时，就会出现心流状态。

Flow state happens when particles are able to move or flow more freely.

例如，当固态的冰受热变成液态时。

For example, when solid ice is heated and becomes a liquid.

所以在科学中，心流状态的含义和我们在本节目中讨论的含义大不相同。

So in science, flow state has quite a different meaning to the one we've talked about in this programme.

确实如此。

It does.

现在，让我们进入心流状态，把这一集剪辑并发布吧。

Now, let's get into a flow state and get this episode edited and posted.

好的，我们就这样做。

Yes, let's do that.

下次我们会带来另一个实用的英语表达。

We'll be back next time with another useful English phrase.

很快见。

See you soon.

再见。

Bye.