时差N小时 人人都有恐惧症

It could be spiders. It could be mice. It could even be people. What are you scared of? Today we're looking at phobias-the things that people are scared of.

有人怕蜘蛛，有人怕老鼠，甚至有人还怕人。你怕什么呢？今天，我们来关注一下恐惧症，看看人们都怕哪些事物。

And I can't stand mice. They just make me want to scream.

我怕老鼠，看到老鼠我就想尖叫。

Snakes. I have a fear of snakes. I just don't like them. I know they're not particularly dangerous but I just don't like the way they move and I know they're not slimy but just do not like them at all. I've always hated them. That's the only thing I'm really afraid of.

蛇，我怕蛇。我就是不喜欢蛇。我知道蛇并不是特别危险，但我就是不喜欢它们移动的方式。我也知道蛇并不是黏糊糊的，但我就是一点也不喜欢蛇。我一直很讨厌蛇。蛇是我唯一真正害怕的东西。

So this lady doesn't like snakes. I have to say I'm not that keen¹ on them. I don't really like them. I guess there are some snakes that are safe to hold. But I wouldn't want to hold one.

这位女士不喜欢蛇。我得承认，我也不是很喜欢蛇。我猜，可能有些蛇抓起来是没危险的。但我可不愿意抓蛇。

I'm afraid of heights. This is my secret. I really, really can't stand being in tall buildings and I lived in the eighth floor of a building for many years and I just couldn't go into the window and just look at the view or anything. It's kind of weird² but this is my phobia.

我恐高。这是我的小秘密。待在高楼上对我来说真的是种折磨。我在一所楼的8层住了多年，但我就是不敢把头探出窗口看看风景什么的。听上去有些奇怪，但这就是我的恐惧症。

A fear of heights, the medical word used for this is vertigo³. How awful to live so high up and always feel so scared. I hope he lives on the ground floor now! Some people believe that phobias are irrational⁴. They aren't based on anything. But lots of people, even celebrities⁵ have phobias. And footballer, David Beckham has a phobia about things being untidy. And if you think that's a strange phobia, Johnny Depp, who was in the film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean', he's afraid of clowns.

恐高，医学术语称之为眩晕。住的这么高，总感到害怕的感觉真是糟糕透了。我真希望现在他住在一楼。有些人认为恐惧症这一概念的提出是不合理的，是没有任何根据的。但很多人，包括一些名人，都有恐惧症。足球明星贝克汉姆对摆放不整齐的东西会感到恐惧。如果你觉得那是个奇怪的恐惧症的话，约翰尼德普，《加勒比海盗》中的影星，竟惧怕小丑。

1 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 vertigo   

n.眩晕

参考例句：

• He had a dreadful attack of vertigo.他忽然头晕得厉害。
• If you have vertigo it seems as if the whole room is spinning round you.如果你头晕，就会觉得整个房间都旋转起来

4 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

5 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目