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Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long.“Geili” and “fuyun”, last year’s biggest linguistic innovations, are practically 1 in Internet terms.What’s hot now is “hold steady”.
The 2 comes from a section on the Taiwanese TV show which features Miss Lin(Xie Yilin)giving a lecture on 3 to behave like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus.
The funny lecture is mainly an over-the-top mockery(嘲笑)of the fashion world, but Miss Lin makes a 4 :We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
Holding steady, Internet slang for “staying poised”, is one of the 5 the public has been looking for lately 6 pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was shown by a girl named Su Miaoling this year.The contestant in the TV singing competition Super Girl carried herself with an 7 of confidence on the stage and kept her cool when others got nervous.
“I like your poise.Very few contestants on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su.Internet users called Su “Sister Poise”.
Poise is 8 appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a well-mannered person.Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People.
Kate Middleton 9 it onto the list in 2010 “for the poise and dignity with which she 10 herself in the public spotlight”.The Duchess of Cambridge was also highly praised earlier this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding.
Good news for many, poise is 11 genetic.It can be acquired with a bit of effort.
About-personal-growth.com, a Malaysia-based website 12 personal growth guidance, gives tips on how to stay poised.
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that 13 your patience; practice yoga 14 to calm your nerves; use self affirmation(自我肯定)by saying ‘I choose to be calm in any situation’; write down your affirmation daily to achieve the goal,” 15 the site.