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In english

We call it

It means what so hionon hi

Hi Luu

Hi everyone

So in this segment

We will get to the bottom of a lot of the words

Phrases

Idioms and export the back story

Yes

So what word are

We going onnlook at today

And we're going to take a look

A word that comes from literature

Okay

Polliana

That's another name

It's another name

But it's not named of the

The al al person

It's named after a character

A fictional character

A fictional character called polliana from the book

Polliana

Oh Yeah

Namssake novel

Yes

This was not a very ancient work

I think it was in the twentith century

Yeah

It was a novel by a very little known offer called eleana porter

And it was written in nineteen thirteen um her famous work of basically polliona

Exactly it was a children's book

Wasn't it

It was a children's book

And basically polliana was this really really really really really optimistic cheerful child that made everyone around her happy and affected everyone's happiness

And just made made everyone feel a little bit better about themselves

She was basically like happiness personfied exact positivity personified

Yes

一说到boliana

就是感觉她是一个殊

也特别积极正向

就是随时都跟打了鸡血一样

In the novel

She played something called the glad game

Oh Yes yes

什么快乐理论快乐游戏

Where she just basically try to find something to be happy about in every situation

Yes play for example one christmas

She was hoping to get a door

And when she kind kind went ent to into a ouble to pick out what she folwas a doll

She could only find a pair

Crotches

Cruches

Yes

Like you would use if your legs are not doing well exactly

So if you broke your leg

You would use crutches

So you could walk around okay

Why would her family just her that well

It wasn't

Her family that gave her that well was basiclike a lucky dip

They were trying well find a present

And polliana just went okay

I'm really glad

Because i don't have to use crutches

Okay well thought you

I'm going to say i'm

I'm going a break my legs

So that i can use a exact

But that's the whole thing

That's playing the glad game

But no matter whatever happens

You have to be positive

You have to be happy

Um so as you can imagine this gets very old very very quickly

Yeah

This is something we need to mention the reason

Why we're making jokes about her

Because from what we've told you so far

You probably think

Oh

It's good

It's good to be positive

Right

It's good to be optimistic

It's good to be cheerful

But when you refer to someone or something as polliana in english

Right now

It's actually definitively negative

Yes

It's a slightly negative connotation um

Because it's someone who is too optimistic or cheerful um to the point where the unrealistic or just naive

I'm really annoying

I'm really annoying

I really hate poyantytype people ooh

Yeah

So it's fine to be positive

It's a great thing be positive

But if you're positive all the time

And you expect everyone to be positive with you um

I can imagine you might want to kill that person after a while

You know that in chinese we say 鸡汤

Yes

But because it was originally from chicken soup for the soul

Yes

And that series is all about positivity

Yes

You was positive of thing

Optimistic sort of the affirmation

That sort of thing

Because of that

And it's all very empty a lot of the things

They're not inspiring

They're just empty

Well exactly

And that's why polliona

It's often used to say there's a lack of awareness of real problems

Because let's be honest

It is great to be positive

Being optimistic is brilliant

But there are also things

You can't be positive about um

And you have to accept those

And i think what really annoys es me

It's like you being positive for yourself

For your own situations

I find that inspiring

Yeah

Ii te it

I would call someone a polliana

If someone is trying to park me up

It's trying to say

Oh Lulo

You know life is great y ablulot

It's just in chinese

We say jeror how w aluta

Yeah

So basically

They are not putting themselves in your shoes

They don't understand what you're going through all they can say are these empty chicken soup type of words

Yeah

And this is when i will call them polyana

Exactly

But that's what i mean

I think it is about

And you should be positive

But you should also try to understand what other people going through

Because a lot of people go through some really tough situations

And they those situations you need to support them

You don't need to tell them what you're feeling is long um

And in fact

In phase ve a lot of the toughest challenges and losses in life

Just being positive or positivity means nothing

It's

I would say it's resilience means a lot

Exactly

Do you know 任静

Resilience means a lot

And this is also why when we try to comfort people um in one of my courses

We're trying to do

Like how to comfort someone who's really down

Who 've been through some tough times

A lot of people would want anjujup in in either english or chinese

And just go cheer up

And you can snap out of it pull yourself together

But no

You first need to acknowledge the fact that they are in pain

Exactly

Sometimes when you comfort someone

The best thing to do is not say anything um just listen to them um yeah

Or say things like i can't imagine what you're going through

You must be really devastated

You listen to them first

And then you can try to help

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In other words don't be a polliana about it absolutely

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So bringing it back to us as we're nearing the end of this episode online

I know you are not a polyana

You know i am not a polyana

Yeah

But what happens

When you're going through some challenges

And there is polyanantytype of person trying to say

Oh

Online you chaare up

But on the bright side for a luck

I appreciate it

I know that they coming from a good place

But it doesn't help me

It doesn't make me feel better about myself in some case i do actually make me feel worse about myself

Because it feels like okay

What you're saying is how i feel doesn't really matter or it's stupid what would be your response to these people

I would just say thank you and leave okay you're more civilized than i am well

Yes

I can imagine that what would you do that i've really

Really be sarcastic

Oh Okay Yes

I am a lot more civilizzthan you ah yeah

Be sarcastic

Yeah

I probably use a sarcastic tone to thank her

Yeah do or him to make sure that they get the sarcastic exactly 嗯嗯

Okay

But that is not to say that it's wrong to be positive

It's great to be positive

Yeah

It's just you have to also acknowledge the pain or the challenges other people go through exactly and don't really just push them to that extent

Especially

If you're not even that close to them

You don't really know their life

You can't really just push them step a finger and say say know

Get out of it

There's a point working the polliana is just putting themselves as a lead character

Exactly is life

Um

It's another form of self

Centenneness and narcticism

Yes Um

So what do you think about polyana

Have you ever been a polyana

Or have you met polyana in in your life

Ve ve a comment in the comment section

Or if you want to put in any request for any other words or phrases or edm

That you want us to talk about in this segment

Thank you

I like for coming to the show

Thanks

Ludy

Thanks

Everyone well see you next time

Bye bye

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