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.

我們都有過尷尬的時候。說話不得體弄得自己和他人都很難堪時，會感到尷尬；受到冷遇，坐冷板凳時
，會感到尷尬
；眾目睽睽之下出醜露怯，也會感到尷尬。尷尬的時候，實在是左右為難
、手足無措，恨不得找個地縫兒鑽進去。應對尷尬局麵的六字箴言就是：既來之，則安之；避免尷尬的六字箴言則是：吃一塹，長一智。先來看看下麵的五位朋友碰到了怎樣的尷尬局麵：

阿曼達：我最尷尬的事是上中學的時候，有一次內褲露出來讓一大群人看到了。

斯泰西：wojihumeitiandoupengdaogangashi。wozhegerenyoudianmadaha，youshihouhuichuyixiehengangadeshi。youyicizaijieshang，woyijiaobandaopudaozaiyigesubuxiangshidemoshengrenshenshang。nagerendaomeishuoshenme，danwojiaodezijizheyanghenkexiao。

丹尼爾：wojingchangjiangdeyijiangangashigenwoshinianjixuexiaozhaoyouguan。wozhanzaizuigaoyipai，dangshishentihenxuruo
，liansekaishifaqing。sheyingshifaxianle，dangzhequannianjitongxuedemian，banzhewodejiaofangwoxialai，rangwozuojigeshenhuxi。wodelianqingyikuai，hongyikuai，yongyuanjiluzainanianxuexiaodeheyingshang，suoyiwoyibeizidouwangbule。

格倫：我wo上shang小xiao學xue出chu了le一yi件jian糗qiu事shi，讓rang我wo難nan受shou了le一yi個ge下xia午wu。褲ku子zi早zao不bu破po，晚wan不bu破po，偏pian偏pian吃chi午wu飯fan的de時shi候hou撕si破po了le。我wo一yi點dian辦ban法fa也ye沒mei有you
，一yi直zhi挨ai到dao下xia午wu四si點dian半ban放fang學xue回hui家jia。整zheng個ge下xia午wu我wo的de內nei褲ku都dou露lu在zai破po褲ku子zi外wai麵mian。

奧利維亞：說shuo起qi我wo最zui尷gan尬ga的de事shi
，應ying該gai算suan那na次ci出chu國guo的de時shi候hou，下xia電dian梯ti沒mei看kan清qing標biao誌zhi，手shou推tui車che上shang的de行xing李li全quan都dou掉diao了le下xia來lai，摔shuai壞huai了le幾ji樣yang東dong西xi，玻bo璃li瓶ping裝zhuang的de飲yin料liao灑sa得de到dao處chu都dou是shi。

出現尷尬有許多典型的原因。

zuihouyidian，meigerendouhuiyoushuocuohuadeshihou。youshihouwomenbujiasisuojiushuolexiehua。weifangzhicileishiqingfasheng，yidingyaobanixiangshuodehuaxiankaolvyifan，yuqipilipalashuoyixieshahua，haiburucongcongrongrongdishuoyixieyoujiazhidehua。zheyangshenzhihaikenengbimianjianglaichukoushangren。

第一，腳被絆了一下，摔了個嘴啃地。出現這種情況通常是因為注意力不集中或走了神。隻要走路或做事的時候留心就不會出洋相。

dier，nidegangashirangdajiadouzhidaole。buguanshijiarendeshi，qinpenghaoyoudeshi，haishinizijigandeshashi

，jizhusishizhinenggenxindeguoderenjiang
，zheyangjiubuyongdanxinjiaowairenzhidaohouquxiaonile。

disan，yifuhexiezijingchanghuirangrenxianruganga，birushangyihoumianchuandaoqianmian，yifukouzikoucuole
，kuzilalianmeilashang。yaodujuezhexiechangjiandejiaorengangadecuowuqishihenjiandan。zhiyaoyangchengchumenqianjianzhaquantaozhuangbandexiguan，jiubuhuibeirenzhuazhubabing。

nipengdaogangashisuiranwufakongzhibierendefanying，dannikeyikongzhizijidefanying。zhegeshihou，guanjianshibuyaodongnu，buyaobiaoxianchuniyishidaobeirenquxiao。jiandanshuolai，qingjinliangjizhuyixiasandian：

第一
，過幾天你自己很可能覺得這件事很好笑
，何不現在就看到事情可笑的一麵?

第二，如果這件事讓你蒙羞，你一輩子都不會覺得可笑，那麼你應該明白一個道理，痛苦會隨著時間的流逝而減輕。

第三
，請朋友們饒你一次
，不要笑話你。如果你是這樣對待他們的，他們會更容易放你一馬