Here, " holding your breath" means " waiting for the right moment" .

这里的 holding your breath 意为等待时机成熟。

Listen for the phrase " holding your breath" .

请听短语 holding your breath。

Now, how good are you at holding your breath?

现在，你憋气的能力如何？

You cannot make yourself unconscious by holding your breath.

你无法通过屏住呼吸使自己失去意识。

It's like being on a treadmill and holding your breath.

这就像你在跑步机上屏住呼吸一样。

So what do you think " holding your breath" means?

那么你认为 holding your breath 是什么意思呢？

These last few years, it's almost like I can feel you holding your breath.

我一直觉得过去这几年你在等待着什么。

Try drinking a full glass of water or holding your breath. Or a good scare helps. Always helps.

试试喝一大杯水或屏住呼吸。或者吓一跳也许有帮助。这个方法总是有用。

So, the way to restore depleted carbon dioxide levels is to simply let it build up by holding your breath.

所以，为了补充二氧化碳，最简单的办法就是屏住呼吸。

The next step is mental though, and kicks in as you are holding your breath.

下一步是心理上的，当你屏住呼吸时开始。

We all know that you're great at holding your breath underwater with six minutes and 30 seconds and I didn't even make it to four.

我们都知道你水下憋气很厉害，可以坚持6分30秒，而我连4分钟都坚持不了。

Free divers often feel a surge of energy when this happens, and is a secret to holding your breath for minutes at a time.

发生这种情况时，自由潜水员通常会感到精力充沛，这是一次屏住呼吸几分钟的秘诀。

Not even astronaut foods. Anyway – let’s see if you got this week’s question right. I asked you what you thought the world record for holding your breath for underwater was.

好吧，那让我们来看看你的问题回答得怎么样吧。在节目的一开始我问你的问题是：水下憋气时间最长的世界纪录是多少。

So if you're in the swimming pool, you go under the water, below the surface, and you can swim around under water, holding your breath for a full minute. Okay?

所以如果你在游泳池里，你会潜入水下，潜入水面，你可以在水下游来游去，屏住呼吸一分钟。好的？

So to train to do that, it's a waste of time taking a big breath, because holding your breath when you don't need to breathe isn't difficult-you have to practise fighting against that urge to breathe.

所以要想训练憋气，提前深吸一口气是在浪费时间，因为在你不需要呼吸的时候屏住呼吸并不是难事——你得练习对抗那种想要呼吸的冲动。

So to train to do that, it's a waste of time taking a big breath, because holding your breath when you don't need to breathe isn't difficult – you have to practise fighting against that urge to breathe.

所以要训练那样做，深呼吸就是浪费时间，因为当你不需要呼吸的时候，屏住呼吸并不困难——你必须练习应对那种想要呼吸的强烈欲望。