Amanda: My most embarrassing moment involved me flashing my underpants to a whole bunch of people at my high school.

Stacey: I embarrass myself nearly every day! I'm a bit of a klutz and that can be pretty embarrassing. I once tripped and fell onto a complete stranger in the street! He was pretty nice about it, but I felt pretty silly.

Daniel: A personal favourite was my Year Ten school photo. I was on the top row, felt really sick, and started turning green. The photographer noticed and made me come down in front of my whole year while he elevated my feet and told me to take deep breaths. My green and red face was immortalized in the school photo that year so I will never forget.

Glen: In primary school I had a whole afternoon of embarrassment--I split my pants right around during lunchtime. I couldn't do anything about it until I went home at 4:30pm so I had to spend the afternoon at school and after school with my underpants hanging out of my split pants.

Olivia: Mine would have to be when I was traveling overseas and all my bags went tumbling off my trolley while going down the escalator because I didn't see the sign. I broke several possessions and my glass bottle of drink spilt everywhere.

There are a number of classic reasons for having an embarrassing moment.

Firstly, tripping over and landing flat on your face. Normally, this is due to a lack of focus or being distracted. Keep an eye out for where you are going and what you are doing and you will be fine.

Secondly, having embarrassing information about you being made public knowledge. Whether it's about your family, a guy you like or something silly you have done, make sure you tell private things only to trustworthy people, and you won't have to worry about that information getting out.

Thirdly, clothes and shoes can often be a source of embarrassing moments--when your top is on back to front, your buttons aren't matching up, or the zipper on your pants is down--there is an easy way to eliminate these embarrassing and common mistakes. Get into the habit of checking your entire outfit before you leave the room and you will never be caught out.

Lastly, we all get our words mixed up sometimes. We sometimes say things before thinking about what we are saying. In order to prevent this make sure that you think about what you are about to say first--it's better to take your time and say something worthwhile than to sound silly and you might even save yourself from hurting other people's feelings in the future too.

While you can't control how others will react to your embarrassing moment, you can control how you will react. The key to surviving the moment is to not freak out and show that you are aware that you're being laughed at. To make it easier, try remembering these three pointers:

1) You'll probably be laughing about it in a few days, so try to see the funny side of it right away.

2) If it's something so humiliating that you know you'll never laugh about it, understand that the pain is bound to fade over time.

3) Ask your friends to give you a break and not make fun of you. If you've done the same for them, they're more likely to let it pass.

我們都有過(guò)尷尬的時(shí)候。說(shuō)話(huà)不得體弄得自己和他人都很難堪時(shí)，會(huì)感到尷尬；受到冷遇，坐冷板凳時(shí)，會(huì)感到尷尬；眾目睽睽之下出丑露怯，也會(huì)感到尷尬。尷尬的時(shí)候，實(shí)在是左右為難、手足無(wú)措，恨不得找個(gè)地縫兒鉆進(jìn)去。應(yīng)對(duì)尷尬局面的六字箴言就是：既來(lái)之，則安之；避免尷尬的六字箴言則是：吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智。先來(lái)看看下面的五位朋友碰到了怎樣的尷尬局面：

阿曼達(dá)：我最尷尬的事是上中學(xué)的時(shí)候，有一次內(nèi)褲露出來(lái)讓一大群人看到了。

斯泰西：我?guī)缀趺刻於寂龅綄擂问�。我這個(gè)人有點(diǎn)馬大哈，有時(shí)候會(huì)出一些很尷尬的事。有一次在街上，我一腳絆倒撲倒在一個(gè)素不相識(shí)的陌生人身上。那個(gè)人倒沒(méi)說(shuō)什么，但我覺(jué)得自己這樣很可笑。

丹尼爾：我經(jīng)常講的一件尷尬事跟我十年級(jí)學(xué)校照有關(guān)。我站在最高一排，當(dāng)時(shí)身體很虛弱，臉色開(kāi)始發(fā)青。攝影師發(fā)現(xiàn)了，當(dāng)著全年級(jí)同學(xué)的面，搬著我的腳放我下來(lái)，讓我做幾個(gè)深呼吸。我的臉青一塊，紅一塊，永遠(yuǎn)記錄在那年學(xué)校的合影上，所以我一輩子都忘不了。

格倫：我上小學(xué)出了一件糗事，讓我難受了一個(gè)下午。褲子早不破，晚不破，偏偏吃午飯的時(shí)候撕破了。我一點(diǎn)辦法也沒(méi)有，一直挨到下午四點(diǎn)半放學(xué)回家。整個(gè)下午我的內(nèi)褲都露在破褲子外面。

奧利維亞：說(shuō)起我最尷尬的事，應(yīng)該算那次出國(guó)的時(shí)候，下電梯沒(méi)看清標(biāo)志，手推車(chē)上的行李全都掉了下來(lái)，摔壞了幾樣?xùn)|西，玻璃瓶裝的飲料灑得到處都是。

出現(xiàn)尷尬有許多典型的原因。

最后一點(diǎn)，每個(gè)人都會(huì)有說(shuō)錯(cuò)話(huà)的時(shí)候。有時(shí)候我們不假思索就說(shuō)了些話(huà)。為防止此類(lèi)事情發(fā)生，一定要把你想說(shuō)的話(huà)先考慮一番，與其噼里啪啦說(shuō)一些傻話(huà)，還不如從從容容地說(shuō)一些有價(jià)值的話(huà)。這樣甚至還可能避免將來(lái)出口傷人。

第一，腳被絆了一下，摔了個(gè)嘴啃地。出現(xiàn)這種情況通常是因?yàn)樽⒁饬Σ患�中或走了神。只要走路或做事的時(shí)候留心就不會(huì)出洋相。

第二，你的尷尬事讓大家都知道了。不管是家人的事，親朋好友的事，還是你自己干的傻事，記住私事只能跟信得過(guò)的人講，這樣就不用擔(dān)心叫外人知道后取笑你了。

第三，衣服和鞋子經(jīng)常會(huì)讓人陷入尷尬，比如上衣后面穿到前面，衣服扣子扣錯(cuò)了，褲子拉鏈沒(méi)拉上。要杜絕這些常見(jiàn)的叫人尷尬的錯(cuò)誤其實(shí)很簡(jiǎn)單。只要養(yǎng)成出門(mén)前檢查全套裝扮的習(xí)慣，就不會(huì)被人抓住把柄。

你碰到尷尬事雖然無(wú)法控制別人的反應(yīng)，但你可以控制自己的反應(yīng)。這個(gè)時(shí)候，關(guān)鍵是不要?jiǎng)优�，不要表現(xiàn)出你意識(shí)到被人取笑。簡(jiǎn)單說(shuō)來(lái)，請(qǐng)盡量記住以下三點(diǎn)：

第一，過(guò)幾天你自己很可能覺(jué)得這件事很好笑，何不現(xiàn)在就看到事情可笑的一面?

第二，如果這件事讓你蒙羞，你一輩子都不會(huì)覺(jué)得可笑，那么你應(yīng)該明白一個(gè)道理，痛苦會(huì)隨著時(shí)間的流逝而減輕。

第三，請(qǐng)朋友們饒你一次，不要笑話(huà)你。如果你是這樣對(duì)待他們的，他們會(huì)更容易放你一馬