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36个让你坠入爱河的问题!你敢找人一起来做这个实验吗?

2017-08-28 双语君 中国日报双语新闻


今天是七夕节,单身狗们也许会感到寂寞……



还在等着国家分配对象么?


双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)有一个更高效的办法来帮你告别寂寞……


找一个人,做个实验,两人面对面回答36个问题(稍后附上具体问题),然后你们就会爱上彼此!



听起来很神奇吧!其实,这是20年前,心理学家阿瑟·亚伦(Arthur Aron)做过的一个著名实验。



最初,实验目的是为了研究如何使陌生人之间产生亲密关系,结果竟发现,这些问题居然能让参与者陷入爱情。


在心理学家看来,增加亲密关系的关键是:


“Sustained, escalating, reciprocal, personalistic self-disclosure” – in other words, revealing a lot about yourself, gradually, over a period of time.

一种持续性的,不断升级的,相互的且私人化的袒露自我。换句话说,就是在一段时间内逐渐地向对方表露自我。


这个理论的核心就是:


The idea is that mutual vulnerability fosters closeness. 

共同的脆弱能促进亲近感。


Mandy Len Catron是一位研究爱情的专家。她和一位男性伙伴亲自验证了一下这个爱情实验的可行性。

Mandy Len Catron


在实验前,两人只是一般的熟人。他们在一个酒吧里聊到这个实验,然后决定尝试一下。



问题由浅入深,两人越来越深入地交换彼此的故事和想法。回答完全部问题,不知不觉两个小时已经过去。


有些问题很好回答,比如: 


When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?

你上一次对着自己唱歌是什么时候?给别人唱呢?


If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

如果你第二天起床后可以获得一项新技能,你希望它是什么?



但是,有些问题却难以开口,尤其是关于评价对方的问题。


比如:


Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner, a total of five items.

请分别说出对方身上的五个优点。


令她没有想到的是,她与伙伴之间的不适感慢慢消失。这些问题悄无声息地增进了他们的亲密程度,他们就像“沸水煮青蛙”实验中(boiling frog experiment)的那只青蛙,直到很晚,才发现氛围的变化。


With us, because the level of vulnerability increased gradually, I didn’t notice we had entered intimate territory until we were already there, a process that can typically take weeks or months.

于我们而言,这种暴露自己脆弱点的程度不断增加,等到察觉时,我才意识到我们已经到进入了一种亲密领域,而通常这样的亲密程度需要花上几个星期甚至几个月才能达到。



回答完问题后,最刺激的部分来了,他们又进行了一个“四分钟对视”的实验,这更是一种崭新的体验。


他们来到一座桥上,用手机定时4分钟。然后开始对视。



Mandy接下来的一系列心理活动非常有趣,我们来看一看她的描述:



I spent the first couple of minutes just trying to breathe properly. There was a lot of nervous smiling until, eventually, we settled in.

头几分钟里,我努力调整呼吸。我们紧张地笑了好几次,最后终于安静下来。


I know the eyes are the windows to the soul or whatever, but the real crux of the moment was not just that I was really seeing someone, but that I was seeing someone really seeing me. Once I embraced the terror of this realization and gave it time to subside, I arrived somewhere unexpected.

我知道眼睛是心灵的窗口之类说法,但那一刻的核心并不在于“我是真的在看某人”,而在于“我看到某人是真的在看我”。意识到这一点让人有些恐惧,但一旦我接受了这种恐惧,让不适感慢慢消失,我就进入了一个未曾预料到的境界。


I felt brave, and in a state of wonder. Part of that wonder was at my own vulnerability and part was the weird kind of wonder you get from saying a word over and over until it loses its meaning and becomes what it actually is: an assemblage of sounds.

我感觉很勇敢,仿佛进入了一种奇迹般的境地。部分是来自我自身的脆弱感,部分是来自一种怪异的惊奇之感,就像你一直重复说一个词,然后这个词就丧失了它的意义,恢复了它的本来面目:一堆声音的组合。  


So it was with the eye, which is not a window to anything but rather a clump of very useful cells. The sentiment associated with the eye fell away and I was struck by its astounding biological reality: the spherical nature of the eyeball, the visible musculature of the iris and the smooth wet glass of the cornea. It was strange and exquisite.

所以眼睛也是这样,它不是任何东西的窗口,只是一团非常有用处的细胞。关于“眼睛”的各种情感意义都消失了,我开始注意到它惊人的生理特征:眼球的球状结构,虹膜上清晰可见的肌肉组织与平滑、湿润、透明的角膜。又奇异又精致。


When the timer buzzed, I was surprised — and a little relieved. But I also felt a sense of loss. Already I was beginning to see our evening through the surreal and unreliable lens of retrospect.

定时器嗡嗡响起,我吃惊之余,不免微微松了口气。但我仍然感觉若有所失。这时,我已经开始从超现实和难以置信的角度来看待这个晚上。




你一定想知道这场实验之后,他们到底有没有在一起。


答案是,他们真的在一起了。而且他们花了几个星期来体会这一个夜晚带来的感觉。

这给她很大的触动,于是她写了一篇名为《如果你想爱上一个人,就这样做》(To Fall in Love With someone, Do This)的文章刊登在《纽约时报》上,详细地记述了实验过程。



结果,这篇文章被疯狂浏览,也被大量媒体援引报道。



现在,我们就附上这36个问题,有勇气的同学就找个人来一起做这个实验吧!



第一组 ♥ 


1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

如果可以在世界上所有人中任意选择,你想邀请谁共进晚餐?


2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?

你想成名吗?想以什么方式成名?


3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?

打电话之前你会先排练一下要说什么吗,为什么?


4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?

 对你来说,“完美”的一天是什么样的?


5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?

你最近一次独自唱歌是什么时候?对着别人唱呢?


6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

如果你能活到90岁,在你人生最后60年里,你想拥有30岁时的大脑还是身体?


7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?

是否曾经预感到自己会以怎样的方式死去?


8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.

举出你和我的三个共同之处。


9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

在你的人生中什么让你最感激?


10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?

如果你能改变你成长的方式,你会去改变什么?


11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.

用四分钟,尽可能详尽地告诉对方你的人生经历。


12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

如果你明天一觉醒来,拥有了某种新的特质或者能力,那会是什么呢?


♥ 第二组 ♥ 


13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?

如果水晶球能告诉你关于你自己、你的人生、未来或者任何其他事情的真相,你想知道什么?


14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?

有没有什么事是你一直梦想去做而没有去做的,为什么没有做?


15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?

你人生最大的成就是什么?


16. What do you value most in a friendship?

友谊中你最珍视的是什么?


17. What is your most treasured memory?

你最珍贵的记忆是什么?


18. What is your most terrible memory?

你最糟糕的记忆是什么?


19. If you knew that in one year you wo 43 35939 43 15536 0 0 2969 0 0:00:12 0:00:05 0:00:07 3088uld die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?

如果你知道一年后你会突然死去,你会改变现在的生活方式吗?为什么?


20. What does friendship mean to you?

友谊对你意味着什么?


21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?

爱情和感情在你的人生中起了什么作用?


22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.

和你的搭档轮流说出心目中对方的一个优点,每人说五条。


23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people's?

你的家人之间关系是否亲密而温暖,你觉得自己的童年比其他人更快乐吗?


24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?

你觉得你和母亲的关系怎么样?


♥ 第三组 ♥


25. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling ... “

每人用“我们”造三个句子,必须是真实的事情,比如“我们俩同在这间房间里,感觉……”


26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share ... “

补完这个句子:“我希望和某人在一起,分享……”


27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.

如果你想和对方成为亲近的朋友,请告诉对方有什么重要的事情是他或她需要知道的。


28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.

告诉对方你喜欢他或她身上的什么东西,要非常诚实,说些你不会对萍水之交说的东西。


29. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.

和对方分享生命中一个尴尬的时刻。


30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?

你上次在别人面前哭是什么时候?自己哭呢?


31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.

告诉对方,你已经喜欢上了他或她身上的什么品质。


32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?

你觉得什么东西是严肃到不能开玩笑的,假如有的话。


33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet?

如果今晚你要死了,却没有机会和任何人联络,你最后悔没有告诉某人什么事?你为什么到现在为止没有说呢?


34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?

假设你拥有的全部东西都在你的房子里,现在房子着了火,救出家人和宠物之后,你还有机会安全地冲进去最后一次,取出最后一件东西,你会拿什么,为什么?


35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?

家中所有的人中,谁去世了会让你最难过?为什么?


36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have chosen.

说出一件你遭遇的很私人的问题,问对方会如何解决。另外,也要让对方告诉你,在他/她看来,你选这个问题时心里是怎样的感觉。



许多人受到启发,也亲自尝试了这个实验。有的成功了,有的只是增进了亲密关系。


当然,并不是所有人都认为这个实验是有意义的,它的确有一定的局限性。


第一,实验对象对彼此的熟悉程度不同。在Mandy的试验中,她和她的伙伴是一般的熟人,而有些参与者是绝对的陌生人。不同的熟悉程度会影响实验的进行。



第二,问题并不够全面,并且不适合第一次见面就讨论。尤其是在彼此互评的问题中,实验者只能够凭借着初印象来给出答案,甚至会因为要迎合对方而说谎。


第三,这种被刻意制造(deliberately manufatured love)出的爱情缺乏真实性。爱情难道不是应该就凭借着双方的吸引力而产生吗?


的确,产生爱情需要很多因素。它包括时间、环境、你的预期设定,还有生理因素在起作用。


Science tells us biology matters; our pheromones and hormones do a lot of work behind the scenes.

科学告诉我们,我们的信息素和荷尔蒙会在背后起到很多作用。


双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)认为,这个实验的意义,就是它给实验对象设置了一个特定的环境。


它强迫实验者完成了一项本应是慢慢发酵的事,并制造了许多有助于产生爱情的因素。


It’s possible — simple, even — to generate trust and intimacy, the feelings love needs to thrive.

要建立促生爱情所需要的新人和亲密,是有可能的,甚至是简单的。



它甚至给你提供了一个窗口,让你说出了你平时都不怎么说的话。


“I end up revealing stuff I have not directly shared with some of my closest friends.”

结果是,我说出了我对我死党都不会说的事。


它让实验者之间产生了一种奇怪的熟悉感和亲密感,好像你们之间已经认识了很久,其实才几十分钟而已。并且,它可能发生在你和任何人身上。



It’s closeness without the legwork, a chemical simulacrum of intimacy that comes without a pill, but carries with it the same hollow sense, the next day, that you might have reached your peculiar, private high with anyone.

这种不需要费劲的亲密关系,是一种无需药物催生的亲密的化学假象,但带有相同的空洞感,第二天,你可能与任何人的达到这种独特的私密高度。


但大部分人所遇到的爱情,或者自然发生的爱情,也许并不基于那一张问卷上的问题。



一位已经结婚三十年的人这样评论:


“It usually takes time to get to know another person well by mutually self disclosing personal information--desires, needs, ideas, values, goals, pains, sorrows and meaningful experiences. ”

通常来讲,要想通过互相暴露自己的信息来了解彼此,让对方知道自己的欲望、需求、想法、价值观、目标、痛苦、悲伤和有意义的经历,是需要一段时间的。



And, love is much more than a feeling and must show in how we treat others.

而且,爱情不仅仅是一种感觉,它更在于我们如何对待对方。



并且,陷入爱情很容易,维系爱情却很难。


People change, values change, goals change, relationships falter, people get sick and die, and many other things happen that show nothing is guaranteed in a relationship.

人们在变化,价值观在变化,目标在变化,关系会停滞,人们生老病死,很多事情会发生,一段恋爱关系中没有什么是完全有保障的。



This romantic chemical reaction between two people is not equal to long term relationship that involves more commitment, empathy, self respect and the desire to stay together. 

两人之间浪漫的化学反应并不等于一种长久的关系。这种长期关系更需要责任、同理心、自尊以及想要继续维持的愿望。



有些时候,我们和爱情互相选择。有些时候,时机不对、地点不对、自己犹豫,我们就会与爱情擦肩而过。


若你能和你的爱情在最好的时刻相遇,并在这段亲密关系中成长为更好的自己,那真的值得庆幸和祝贺。


若没有,也没有关系,因为一个人的生活也可以过得很漂亮,很勇敢。



关于爱情的讨论会永远继续下去。不过,不管你是否遇到了真爱,双语君(微信ID:Chinadaily_Mobile)都愿你好好享受属于自己的每一天。


七夕快乐!


♥  PS今天双语君当鹊桥,鼓励大家在留言中写下自己对爱情的看法,然后留下微信号,有意的小仙女和小神仙可以互相联系。


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