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Beating your fear of spiders 戰(zhàn)勝你對蜘蛛的恐懼
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Beating your fear of spiders 戰(zhàn)勝你對蜘蛛的恐懼
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有關(guān) “fear（恐懼）” 的詞匯
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How did Vanessa Woods overcome her arachnophobia?
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Vanessa Woods
Hi, I'm Vanessa, and I sleep with 32 tarantulas.
凡妮莎·伍茲
“我是凡妮莎，我和32只狼蛛一起住?！?/p>
Vanessa has always had arachnophobia and wanted to change.
凡妮莎一直患有蜘蛛恐懼癥，她想改變這一狀況。
Vanessa Woods
At first, when watching videos online of tarantulas, it did give me the heebie-jeebies a bit.
凡妮莎·伍茲
“起初，當(dāng)我在網(wǎng)上看狼蛛的視頻時(shí)，確實(shí)感到有些害怕?！?/p>
She used a method called ‘exposure therapy’ as a solution.
她用了一種叫作“暴露療法”的方法來克服恐懼。
That means she gradually interacted with her phobia in a risk-free way.
接受“暴露療法”意味著她以一種無風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的方式逐漸直面了自身的恐懼。
Vanessa Woods
Getting over arachnophobia was absolutely fantastic. Tarantulas do not bother me at all any more. It makes you realise how interesting these creatures are.
凡妮莎·伍茲
“克服了蜘蛛恐懼癥簡直太棒了。我再也不怕狼蛛了。戰(zhàn)勝恐懼使你意識到這種動(dòng)物是多么有趣?！?/p>
According to an estimate, 18% of British people admit to being scared of spiders.
據(jù)估計(jì)，有18%的英國人承認(rèn)害怕蜘蛛。
The spiders move quickly, but what else is there to be afraid of?
除了蜘蛛移動(dòng)速度快以外，它們還有什么令人害怕的地方？
The good news is that their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting.
好消息是，蜘蛛咬傷通常不會(huì)比蜜蜂蜇傷更嚴(yán)重。
Vanessa Woods
I would say to people that are arachnophobic, just talk to people about it because it is a really crippling fear, and it does affect a lot of people's lives in a really negative way.
凡妮莎·伍茲
“我會(huì)對患有蜘蛛恐懼癥的人們說：和別人聊一聊吧，因?yàn)檫@是一種嚴(yán)重的恐懼，而且它確實(shí)以一種負(fù)面的方式影響了很多人的生活。”
[They're] just all so different and fascinating. I literally couldn't imagine my life without a spider in it now.
（蜘蛛）各不相同，令人著迷?，F(xiàn)在我簡直無法想象沒有蜘蛛的生活。
詞匯
the heebie-jeebies 害怕、焦慮或緊張
phobia 恐懼
getting over 克服
bother 使害怕、焦慮
crippling fear 嚴(yán)重的恐懼
問題答案
She used a method called 'exposure therapy'.
