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A 我們週末去游泳吧！
wǒmen zhōumò qù yóuyǒng ba!
Let’s go swimming this weekend!
B 我不會游泳，老實說我有點怕水。
wǒ bùhuì yóuyǒng, lǎoshí shuō wǒ yǒudiǎn pà shuǐ.
I can’t swim. To tell the truth, I’m a little bit afraid of the water.
A 啊，你這麼大了，居然怕水？
á, nǐ zhème dà le, jūrán pà shuǐ?
What? You’re this old, and scared of the water?
B 你別笑我。我是真的對水恐懼。每個人難免都有自己害怕的東西。你肯定也有。
nǐ bié xiào wǒ. wǒ shì zhēnde duì shuǐ kǒngjù. měigerén nánmiǎn dōu yǒu zìjǐ hàipà de dōngxi. nǐ kěndìng yě yǒu.
Don’t laugh at me. I really have a phobia of water. Everyone has a fear of something. You must be afraid of something too.
A 我的確有。我有恐高症。從高處往下看，我馬上會頭暈，雙腳發抖。
wǒ díquè yǒu. wǒ yǒu kǒnggāozhèng. cóng gāochù wǎng xià kàn, wǒ mǎshàng huì tóuyūn, shuāngjiǎo fādǒu.
I certainly am. I have acrophobia. When I look down from high places, I instantly get dizzy, and my legs start to shake.
B 是啊，這些好像都是天生的。就算年齡再大，也沒辦法克服。比如說，好多人有飛行恐懼症。情況嚴重的甚至不能坐飛機。這多不方便呀。
shì ā, zhèxiē hǎoxiàng dōu shì tiānshēng de. jiù suàn niánlíng zài dà, yě méi bànfǎ kèfú. bǐrú shuō, hǎo duō rén yǒu fēixíng kǒngjùzhèng. qíngkuàng yánzhòng de shènzhì bùnéng zuò fēijī. zhè duō bù fāngbiàn yā.
Yes, it seems that these kinds of things are natural. Even as we get older, there’s no way to overcome them. For example, a lot of people have a fear of flying. It’s so serious that they can’t even travel by plane. It’s very inconvenient.
A 嗯，我的好朋友就是這樣。還有好多人有幽閉恐懼症，在狹小的空間裡，就會感覺透不過氣，甚至要窒息。
én, wǒ de hǎopéngyou jiùshì zhèyàng. hái yǒu hǎo duō rén yǒu yōubì kǒngjùzhèng, zài xiáxiǎo de kōngjiān lǐ, jiù huì gǎnjué tòubuguò qì, shènzhì yào zhìxī.
Yeah, my good friend is like that. There are also lots of people who have claustrophobia. When they are in confined spaces, they feel like they can’t breathe, even to the point that they feel like they are going to suffocate.
B 這些都是比較常見的恐懼症。我還認識人有毛髮恐懼症，看見頭髮就像看見鬼一樣。你說他每天看著自己的頭髮怎麼生活呢？
zhèxiē dōu shì bǐjiào chángjiàn de kǒngjùzhèng. wǒ hái rènshi rén yǒu máofà kǒngjùzhèng, kànjiàn tóufa jiù xiàng kànjiàn guǐ yīyàng. nǐ shuō tā měitiān kàn zhe zìjǐ de tóufa zěnme shēnghuó ne?
These are all the more common phobias. I also know some people have a phobia of hair. When they see hair, it’s just as scary to them as seeing a ghost. When they look at their own hair every day, how can they cope?
A 是啊。看來，我們倆的情況還沒那麼糟糕。
shì ā. kànlai, wǒmen liǎ de qíngkuàng hái méi nàme zāogāo.
Yeah. I guess our situations aren’t really that bad.
Key Vocabulary
怕 pà
恐懼 kǒngjù
難免 nánmiǎn
恐高症 kǒnggāozhèng
克服 kèfú
幽閉恐懼症 yōubì kǒngjùzhèng
狹小 xiáxiǎo
窒息 zhìxī
Supplementary Vocabulary
恐懼症 kǒngjùzhèng
狂犬病 kuángquǎnbìng
恐高症 kǒnggāozhèng
密閉 mìbì
浴缸 yùgāng
免除 miǎnchú
居然 jūrán
竟然 jìngrán
不可置信 bùkězhìxìn
戲劇性 xìjùxìng
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