純正地道美語第290期(外教講解): 你是正常人嗎？

A: Are you excited about your trip next month?
你對下個月的旅行期待嗎？

B: Yes and no. I can' t wait to go to Europe, but at the same time I am terrified.
有些期待但也不是那麼得期待。要知道我迫不及待地想去歐洲了，但同時我也很有些擔心。

A: Why?
爲什麼呢？

B: Well, I have acrophobia. I have a chronic fear of flying.
嗯，那是因爲我有恐高症。我有一種長期的對風翔的恐懼感。

A: Oh really? I have an uncle who is also terrified of flying. It' s not that bad though, I mean, it is pretty scary to be in this big machine flying through the air at seven hundred miles per hour. I actually have arachnophobia.
噢，是真的嗎。我有個叔叔就很害怕飛翔。但是並不是那麼的恐懼。我是說，就是會有些害怕待在以七百米每小時的速度在高空飛行的飛行器裏的那種感覺。事實上我自己有蜘蛛恐懼症。

B: You' re scared of spiders? I actually have two more phobias. Acrophobia and glossophobia.
你害怕蜘蛛？說實話，我有兩個恐慌症，恐高症和演講恐慌症。

A: I guess that explains why you are afraid of flying, but public speaking is not that bad.
我想這就是你爲什麼害怕飛翔的原因吧，但是你公衆演講還不錯呀。

B: Are you kidding? When I get on stage, my palms start to sweat, I get really nervous and I can hardly speak.
你在開玩笑嗎？當我在講臺上的時候，我的手心都在流汗，我會那麼緊張到說不出話來的。

A: Well, I must confess I am a bit claustrophobic. I hate being in an elevator for more than 5 seconds.
好吧，我必須承認我有幽閉恐慌症。我厭惡在電梯裏待超過5秒鐘。

B: We are such weirdos right?
我們都不是正常人，對嗎？

Vocabulary Acquisition:

phobia
n. 恐怖，憎惡；恐懼症 這是一個詞根，大家記住了它，就可以很快的猜出其他詞的意思啦！
acro phobia
n. 高空恐懼（症） fear of flying (Aerophobia) 恐懼飛行
arachno phobia
n. 蜘蛛恐懼症
glosso phobia
n. 言語恐怖症, 演說恐懼症 fear of public speaking

terrified ['terifaid]
v. 使恐懼；恐嚇（terrify的過去分詞）
adj. 感到恐懼的；受驚嚇的

weirdo
n. 古怪的人，奇怪的人

R a i n b o w World:
Hi, buddy, what will you say after reading this conversation, are you a weirdo? And I have to say that I am a weirdo. Yes, I have kind of school phobia and children phobia. I was scared of going to school when I was a kid in the primary school because I usually cannot finish my assignment. Besides, I am afraid of some of children, especially the noise they made,like they setting off firecrackers in the New-year Festival.

So, do you have some other fantastic -phobia things? Freely let me know and share with me!

~Life is like rainbow, you both need sun and rain to make it colorful~