Модуль 7а. Страхи и фобии

FEARS

and

FOBIAS

Spotlight 9

Module 7a

Reading and Vocabulary

Our objectives for today are:

- to learn to talk about fears and phobias.

- to practise using idioms in speech.

- to learn about making a healthy lifestyle changes.

Common fears

Heights

Thunderstorms

The dark

Spiders

Bees, wasps & snakes

Flying

Going to the dentist

Needles (injections)

Being alone

Taking exams

Making public speech

Agoraphobia

Brontophobia

Claustrophobia

Fears and Phobias

Acrophobia

Aviophobia

Arachnophobia

Mysophobia

Xenophobia

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Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia is a fear

of being in crowded

places or open spaces

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Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is a fear

of being in enclosed spaces

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Aviophobia

Aviophobia is a fear of flying

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Acrophobia

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Brontophobia

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Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia is

a fear of spiders

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Mysophobia

Mysophobia

is a fear of being contaminated

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Xenophobia

Xenophobia

is a fear of strangers

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Exercise 1 p.106

Look at the pictures. Which of them make you:

• scream?
• freeze?
• sweat?
• shake like a leaf?
• run away?

Exercise 4 p.106

• cause sth to start working
• make sb feel shy/ashamed
• shout
• laughed at
• sets off
• disappear
• not logical

activate

embarrass

yell

teased

triggers

melt away

irrational

Exercise 5 p.106

scream

shake

human

nervous

fight

beats

public

come

Idioms related to emotions

• Go through the roof – сильно разозлиться

• Be over the moon – быть безумно счастливым

• Have long face – выглядеть несчастным, жалким

• Have butterflies in one’s stomach – сильно нервничать

• Go bright red – краснеть от смущения

• Green with envy – зеленый от зависти

• Scared to death – напуганный до смерти

Exercise 7b p.107

• sadness/ depression – sad/ depressed
• embarrassment – embarrassed
• anger – angry
• fear – fearful
• jealousy – jealous
• happiness/joy – happy/ joyful

Exercise 9 p.107

What is Fear?

Fear is one of the most basic human emotions.

We need it to survive.

Fear helps protect us. It can be like a warning, a signal for us to be careful.

The brain reacts instantly on danger, sending signals that activate the nervous system.

Blood pumps to muscle groups to prepare the body for physical reaction – fight or flight

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What is a phobia?

A phobia is an intense fear reaction to a particular thing or situation.

Some phobias develop when someone has a scary experience and every time a strong fear reaction is triggered.

Having a phobia isn’t a sign of weakness or immaturity.

It’s a response of the brain in an attempt to protect the person.

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Overcoming phobias

People can learn to overcome phobias by gradually facing the fears .

As somebody gets used to a feared object or situation, the brain adjusts how it responds and the phobia is overcome.

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