hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I
hope so are you happy I hope so in today's
lesson we're going to take a look at words connected with fear and being
afraid
there are many words that are connected to being afraid and experiencing fear
such as alarmed anxious apprehension dread fret frightened horror petrified
scared terrorized trepidation and ease and worry fear is an emotional reaction
to something we are afraid of we express fear in many ways for instance our heart
might beat faster maybe we begin to bite our nails
perhaps we shiver or maybe we close our eyes so we cannot see what is happening
we can express fear by what we say and the way we say it for example I don't
want to go in there it's too dark someone is following me maybe they will
rob me I don't want to go to the dentist I'm too scared I have to see my boss
today and I'm not looking forward to it
did you know that you can be afraid of almost anything there is another word
for fear we can say that we have a phobia if you have a phobia then this
means that you will always be afraid of that particular thing there are many
phobias around such as
agoraphobia the fear of open spaces or going outdoors
acrophobia the fear of being high up from the ground the dizzy feeling you
get when you're high up is called vertigo algophobia a fear of pain
arachnophobia to be afraid of spiders
claustrophobia a fear of being in a small space for example trapped in a
cupboard
hydrophobia a fear of water Pyrrha phobia a fear of fire or being burned
ronita phobia a fear of frogs
triskaidekaphobia a fear of number 13 for example sitting at a table with 13
people try panna phobia a fear of injections or needles xenophobia a fear
of strangers foreigners or foreign cultures
what are you afraid of what what makes you scared boom if fear suddenly happens
then we normally call this shock you did not expect that event to happen so you
will be even more scared and anxious there are many sentences that can be
used for showing the action of being shocked for example you frightened the
life out of me I'm shaking like a jury you put the willies up me I almost
jumped out of my skin you nearly gave me a heart attack
sometimes at night we have dreams but makers afraid we call these particular
dreams nightmares or bad dreams in our mind the scary event seems real
so our fear will feel just as real do you ever have nightmares fear is a
normal emotion although if someone begins to feel afraid all the time then
this can lead to serious problems maybe a person believes that people are
watching them when there is no one about this kind of fear is called paranoia
some people say that these days we are more afraid than ever before
they believe that since the 9/11 attacks in the USA our general fear has grown
and perhaps we have become more distrusting towards other people around
us as Franklin D Roosevelt once said the only thing we have to fear is fear
itself
look shivering like a jelly well another lesson has come to an end
but do not fear do not worry I will see you again real soon
this is mr. Duncan in England saying thanks for watching and don't have
nightmares bye bye for now