大学核心英语教程1_3(B)

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1、PhobiaLook,whatisthis?It’sasnake.It’sacobra.Areyoushakingatthesightofthesnakes?Whatarethey?Theyaresnakes.Look,what’sthis?It’sadog.Whatarethey?Theyaredogs.Somepeoplerunawayquickly.Whatareyougoingtodowhenyouseedogs?Somepeoplecan’thelpplayingtogetherwiththem.Look,whatisthis?It’sacat.

2、Whatarethey?Theyarecats.Don’tyouthinktheyarelovely?Eventhesightofcatswillfrightenthem,andtheywilltrytoavoidcats.Butsomepeopleshakeatthesightofthelovelycats.Butsomepeoplefeelillatthethoughtofgoingsomewhereonanairplane.Doyouwanttotakeaplane?Someofusdreamofaflightsomeday.Becauseofhis

3、fears,heisunabletovisithisfriendwholivesonthehighfloorofthisapartmenthouse.Whatisthismanafraidof?Heisafraidoftakingtheelevator.Theyhavetospendagreatdealoftimeandenergyavoidingthefearedthingsandsituations.Suchall-consuming(消耗极大的)fearoroverwhelming(巨大的)feariscalledphobia(恐惧症).Phobia

4、isastrong,unnaturalandusu.unreasonablefearanddislike.It’sdifficulttoconvince(说服)phobicpeoplethatmostanimalsareharmless,thatthousandsoftravelersflysafelyeveryday,andmillionsofpeopleridesafelyinelevatorsseveraltimeseachday.Allthesefearslimitsomepeople’slifestyle.Thenhowtogetridofpho

5、bias?Para1Whatareyouafraidof?Elevators?Dogs?Snakes?Cars?Airplanes?Para2Ifyouhavefears,youarenotalone.Mostofusareafraidofsomething－atleastonceinourlives.Andnotallfearsarebad.Fearsarecommonandnotallfearsarebad.QuestionWhat’sthetopicsentenceofthesetwoparagraphs?Para3Somefearsprotectu

6、s.Forexample,youmightrunindoorsorclimbatreeifadogwerechasingyou.Fearofdrowning(淹死)willkeepaswimmerfromswimmingintheoceanifthereisnolifeguard(救生员)around.Oryoumightbeafraidtowalkindarkstreetsatnight.Suchfearscanbelife-savers.Somefearsprotectus.QuestionWhat’sthemainideaofthisparagrap

7、h?Thestatementissupportedbythreeexamples.Question:Whydoestheauthorsayso?A:Runindoorsorclimbatreeifadogwerechasingyou.B:Keepfromswimmingintheoceanifitisnotsafeenough.C:Nottowalkindarkstreets.Suchfearscanbelifesavers.Question:What’stheconclusionoftheexamples?Para4However,therearecer

8、tainotherfearsthatmaynotprotectyo