Advanced Listening Lesson 29

A: "What are you afraid of?"

B: "I'm not sure. I used to be scared of a lot of things when I was young, but not anymore."

A: "Are you afraid of death?"

B: "Only if I think about it so much. But death is inevitable¹, so there is no use thinking about it."

A: "How about horror² movies?"

B: "No. I know they're all fake³ so there is nothing to be afraid of. How about you?"

A: "I get scared pretty easily. I'm actually frightened of bee's."

B: "Really? Why?"

A: "I don't know. I got stung⁴ when I was young and ever since, I've always been afraid of them."

B: "What other things are you afraid of?"

A: "Sitting by the camp fire and telling horror stories is very scary."

B: "Wow. You're afraid of many things huh?"

A: "I guess so. Aren't you afraid of something coming out of the bushes?"

B: "It's not going to happen. We probably went camping dozens of times and nothing ever came out of the bushes. What makes you think something will?"

A: "I don't know. I guess I'm terrified at the possibility."

B: "If you were realistic, you probably wouldn't be scared of everything. Maybe you have too much imagination."

A: "I should try to think more realistically. I'll do that."

B: "Good. After awhile, you won't be afraid of so many things."

 

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 horror   

n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶

参考例句：

• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
• The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。

3 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

4 stung   

螫伤，刺伤( sting的过去式和过去分词 )； 感到剧痛； 激怒； 使不安

参考例句：

• I was stung on the arm by a wasp. 我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
• Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her. 她胳膊给蜜蜂蜇了，肿了起来。