VOA慢速英语:Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing About Fears

even if即使, 纵然

例句：I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
      即使要失败十次, 我也绝不灰心。

2.They might realize it's not as bad as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping up -- from ruminating -- when they're actually taking a test.

in essence本质上;大体上;其实

例句：The two arguments are in essence the same.
      这两个论点大致相同。

pop up突然出现

例句：He seems to pop up in the most unlikely places
      在他似乎绝不可能到的地方, 他往往就在那里出现。

3.Those students most prone to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these testing situations."

prone to倾于…

例句：He is prone to indigestion.
      他容易患消化不良。