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1.  Spontaneous response

臨場反應

Spontaneity = The quality or state of being spontaneous

臨場反應能力

 Cultivation of spontaneity

培養臨場反應能力

For example:

As a project manager, you need the skill to facilitate the meeting and to react spontaneously.

作為專案經理, 你需要主持會議所需的技巧及會議中應答的臨場反應

2.  Knee jerk reaction

An immediate unthinking emotional reaction produced by an event or statement to which the reacting person is highly sensitive; - in persons with strong feelings on a topic, it may be very predictable.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Knee+jerk+reaction

直覺式,不經思考的反應

由對某事高度敏感的人所做出的立即,不假思索的情緒反應 

For example:

Benjamin’s advocates for gay/lesbian marriage caused a knee-jerk reaction from the church. 

3.  Improvise

即席創作; 即席表演

The dance instructor usually asks us to improvise a dance at the beginning of the class.