时差N小时:人人都有恐惧症

It could be spiders. It could be mice. It could evenbe people. What are you scared of? Today we'relooking at phobias-the things that people are scaredof.

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 toscream.

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 dangerousbut I just don't like the way they move and I know they're not slimy but just do not like themat 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 keen on them. I don't really likethem. 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 Ilived in the eighth floor of a building for many years and I just couldn't go into the window andjust look at the view or anything. It's kind of weird 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 vertigo. How awful to live so high up andalways feel so scared. I hope he lives on the ground floor now! Some people believe thatphobias are irrational. They aren't based on anything. But lots of people, even celebrities havephobias. And footballer, David Beckham has a phobia about things being untidy. And if youthink that's a strange phobia, Johnny Depp, who was in the film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean', he'safraid 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。