英语PK台 第452期:宝宝内心的小恐惧

 　　Dialogue 1

　　Mark: Hey, Jingjing. You wanna come bungee jumping with me and my friends? We're heading¹ out this afternoon. It's gonna be so much fun!

　　马克：嘿，京晶。你想加入我和我的朋友们去蹦极吗？我们今天下午出发，肯定会特别好玩儿的！

　　Jingjing: Bungee jumping? I'll pass. I've got acrophobia².

　　京晶：蹦极？我还是算了吧。我有恐高症。

　　Mark: Excuse me? Acro what?

　　马克：你说什么？恐什么？

　　Jingjing: Acrophobia. It means³ that I'm afraid of heights.

　　京晶：恐高症。就是说我怕高。

　　Mark: Oh, I've never heard that before.

　　马克：哦，我从来没有听说过。

　　Jingjing: Do you have any phobias?

　　京晶：你没有什么恐惧症么？

　　Mark: What's a phobia?

　　马克：什么是恐惧症？

　　Jingjing: It's a fear of something.

　　京晶：就是一个你恐惧的东西。

　　Mark: Well, let's see. When I was a young chap⁴, I was scared of the dark.

　　马克：好吧，让我来想想。当我还是一个小男孩的时候，我很怕黑。

　　Jingjing: Scared of the dark eh? There's a name for that! It's called nyctophobia.

　　京晶：怕黑？那个词叫什么来着？哦对了，这叫黑夜恐惧症。

　　Mark: Cool, I never knew there were special names for fears.

　　马克：酷，我从来不知道恐惧还有这么多特殊的名称。

　　Jingjing: Yup, psychiatrists⁵ often use these words to describe certain characteristics⁶ of their patients.

　　京晶：是啊，精神科医生通常会用这些名称来形容他们病人的某些特征。

　　Mark: Are there any other interesting phobias?

　　马克：还有什么其他有趣的恐惧症吗？

　　Jingjing: There's thousands upon thousands. For example, did you know that people who are scared of trees have dendrophobia?

　　京晶：那多了去了。比如，你知道有人有大树恐惧症吗？

　　Mark: Really? I had no idea. Anyways, I have to get going. It's almost lunch time and I want to get to the cafeteria⁷ early, otherwise I'll have to wait in a long line.

　　马克：真的吗？我从没听说过。不过，我得先走了。要到午餐时间了，我想早点儿去食堂，否则我就不得不排很久的队。

　　jingjing: Okay, it sounds like you have macrophobia, which is a fear of having to wait for a long time.

　　京晶：好吧，听起来你像是有等待恐惧症。

　　Mark: It's... true!

　　马克：还真是……！

　　New words: 习语短语

　　bungee jumping=蹦极，带着松紧绳从高处的平台上跳下来

　　head out=离开；出发

　　I'll pass.=不，谢谢；我还是算了吧。

　　acrophobia=恐高症

　　young chap=小伙子，年轻人

　　nyctophobia=黑夜惧怖症，恐惧黑暗或晚上

　　psychiatrist=心理医生

　　thousands upon thousands=成千上万，用来形容大量（数以千计）

　　dendrophobia=恐树症

　　macrophobia=久候恐惧症

　　Dialogue 2

　　Mark: Hey, Jingjing, you wanna come light some fireworks with me? I have a huge variety. You'll probably like it.

　　马克：嘿，京晶，你要来和我一起放烟花吗？我有好多品种，估计你会喜欢的。

　　Jingjing: Geez, you just love playing with fire, don't you? Every year you wanna set off fireworks with me. I'd say you're a pyromaniac⁸.

　　京晶：天啊，你这么喜欢玩火啊？每年你都叫我一起放烟花。要我说你就是个纵火狂。

　　Mark: Hey! Just because I like to set off fireworks doesn't mean I'm a pyro. Besides, what's wrong with lighting⁹ fireworks?

　　马克：嘿！就因为我喜欢放烟花并不意味着我是一个纵火狂啊。况且，爱放烟花有什么不对的？

　　Jingjing: Nothing... It's just that I have pyrophobia. I don't like fire. In fact, I'm quite afraid of it. When I was younger my neighbor's house caught on fire. No one was injured¹⁰, thankfully. But I will never forget how scared I was.

　　京晶：没什么……只是我有恐火症。我不喜欢火。或者应该说，我害怕火。小的时候我邻居家着火了。谢天谢地没有人受伤，但是，我永远都不会忘记当时我有多么害怕。

　　Mark: Oh, I understand.

　　马克：哦，那我明白了。

　　Jingjing: Anyways, when you're done lighting off the fireworks, you can come over to my house. I got a new dog! He's so cute!

　　京晶：不说这个了，你放完烟花来我家吧。我新养了一条狗！特别可爱！

　　Mark: That's okay. I have cynophobia. I was bitten by a dog when I was younger. Ever since then I've been really scared of them.

　　马克：还是别了，我有恐狗症。我小时候被狗咬伤过，从那时起我就一直很害怕狗。

　　Jingjing: Oh, that's too bad. The only creature I'm afraid of is a snake. That means I have ophidiophobia.

　　京晶：噢，这太糟糕了。我唯一怕的生物就是蛇，也就是说我有恐蛇症。

　　Mark: Well, I gotta get back to work. Even though I have ergophobia, I have to make money, so I'll talk to you later.

　　马克：好吧，我得回去工作了。即使我有工作恐惧症，我还是得要赚钱啊，所以回头聊吧。

　　Jingjing: Peace!

　　京晶：嗯，回见！

　　New words: 习语短语

　　fireworks=烟花爆竹

　　huge variety=各种各样，有很多不同类型的

　　pyromaniac=纵火狂，痴迷于火的人

　　pyro=pyromaniac简称， 纵火狂

　　pyrophobia=恐火症

　　to be injured=受伤

　　cynophobia=恐狗症

　　ophidiophobia=恐蛇症

　　ergophobia=工作恐惧症，对工作厌恶恐惧

1 heading   

n.上标题，标题，起始字，方向

参考例句：

• The heading was in large letters.标题是用大号字母印刷的。
• He realized that he was heading in the wrong direction.他意识到走错了方向。

2 acrophobia   

n.恐高症

参考例句：

• She has acrophobia and always becomes dizzy in a high-rise elevator.她有恐高症，到了高楼的电梯里就发晕。
• Many people suffer from very serious acrophobia.许多人患有严重的恐高症。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 chap   

n.男人；小伙子；家伙

参考例句：

• This chap can't keep anything to himself.这人肚里藏不住话。
• This chap is quite a smooth character.这人很世故。

5 psychiatrists   

n.精神病专家，精神病医生( psychiatrist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They are psychiatrists in good standing. 他们是合格的精神病医生。 来自辞典例句
• Some psychiatrists have patients who grow almost alarmed at how congenial they suddenly feel. 有些精神分析学家发现，他们的某些病人在突然感到惬意的时候几乎会兴奋起来。 来自名作英译部分

6 characteristics   

n.特性，特征，特色，[数]（对数的）首数( characteristic的名词复数 )；独特性；性质

参考例句：

• the textural characteristics of the rocks 岩石的纹理特征
• Men have ascribed their own characteristics to their gods. 人们认为他们的特性属于诸神。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 cafeteria   

n.自助餐厅

参考例句：

• In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的。
• I can't stand eating in the cafeteria.我实在不想在自助食堂吃了。

8 pyromaniac   

n.纵火狂者；adj.放火狂的

参考例句：

• The pyromaniac has a strange and morbid passion for fire.纵火狂患者对火有一种奇怪而病态的激情。
• Police said they suspected that he is a pyromaniac.警方说他们怀疑他是纵火狂。

9 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

10 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。