Vol293.日常英语学习Talk About Phobias

获取全部文本资料公众号搜索：yymaster888Hello everyone and welcome to English Pod. My name is Marco.My name is Katherine. And today we're talking about fear.That's right. Today we're going to talk about phobias. Different types of fears that you have. Many people are scared of different things and that's what we're going to talk about today.Okay. So let's listen to today's dialogue and find out what the people in our dialogue are very, very afraid of.DialoguePerson A: Are you excited about your trip next month?Person B: Yes and no. I can't wait to go to Europe, but at the same time, I'm terrified.Person A: Why?Person B: Well, I have aerophobia. I have a chronic fear of flying.Person 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 up in this big machine flying through the air at 700 mph. I actually have arachnophobia.Person B: You're scared of spiders? I actually have two more phobias. Acrophobia and glossophobia.Person A: I guess that explains why you're afraid of flying. But public speaking is not that bad.Person B: Are you kidding? When I get on stage, my palms start to sweat. I get really nervous and I can hardly speak.Person A: Well, I must confess that I am a bit claustrophobic. I hate being in an elevator for more than 5 seconds.Person B: We are such weirdos, right?Language TakeawayAll right, we're back. So, let's take a look at those phobias on Language Takeaway. The first phobia that we have is called aerophobia.That's right. Aerophobia. And that means that you are scared of flying.Okay. So, we can tell because phobia means, you know, fear of something. But it's not just a fear. It means that if you go on an airplane, you get very very upset. You think that you're going to die.That's right.Okay. And so phobia is a very serious fear. But aero- is like a prefix. So aerophobia is a fear of going on airplanes.That's right. And another phobia that we have is arachnophobia. So again, as you see in the prefix, arachno- is related to a spider.That's right. So this comes from the origins of English. I'm not sure if it's Greek or Latin, but arachnophobia, like arachnid, has to do with spiders. So I'm afraid of spiders if I have arachnophobia.That is right. And now taking a look at two more types of phobias. Here we have acrophobia and glossophobia. So let's take a look at the first one. Acrophobia.So acrophobia. Acro- has to do with heights. So I don't like to be on tall buildings. I don't like to maybe look down from heights. That means I'm afraid of heights.That's right. You're afraid of being at a very high altitude. Acrophobia. Now, glossophobia is an interesting one because this one, you are scared of public speaking or you get very nervous when you're in front of a group of people, right? So, this is actually a very, very common fear. But if it's a serious fear, it's a phobia. So, glossophobia means that when you go in front of people, you get very very anxious, upset, your stomach hurts, you have wet hands. So, that's a very serious fear.That's right. And for our last phobia, we have claustrophobia. I think it is one of the most common ones. If you have claustrophobia, you're afraid of smaller tight spaces.That's right. So, people who suffer from claustrophobia don't like to be in small tight places like elevators for example, tunnels.Tunnels. Mhm. So, now you brought up an interesting point. Our last phobia we said claustrophobic and now we must make the difference between, for example, claustrophobia and being claustrophobic. So a phobia, you hear the ending -ia, claustrophobia is a noun. Okay, that means I can talk about "I have it. I have this fear." But when you're talking about the adjective, something that describes you, you would have to use the -ic ending. I'm claustrophobic. He is acrophobic. They are aerophobic.Okay, so that is the adjective form. So if I say I have arachnophobia, it means I have this fear, or I can say I am arachnophobic.Great. So this can be used for all other kinds of phobias. So when you learn those words remember that there are two different kinds. There's the -ia (phobia) which is the noun, and -ic which is the adjective.All right, let's listen to our dialogue again and we'll be back in a bit with Fluency Builder.