英语新闻听写 人们为什么会害怕小丑?

If they're meant to make us laugh, then why are some people so afraid of clowns? Business Insider recently spoke¹ with Dr. Dena Rabinowitz, a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety disorders².

小丑的本意是为了让我们笑，那么为什么一些人会害怕他们呢？商业内幕最近与专治焦虑症的临床心理学家德娜·拉比诺维茨进行了谈话。

Rabinowitz says, "There two things about clowns that kind of inherently lead people to be frightened of them. The first is that we rely a lot on facial expressions to understand people and see their motivations. And with clowns you don't have facial expressions. It's all under makeup³, and it's fixed⁴. And so there's a kind of a question of, "what's going on under there?"

拉比诺维茨说“小丑有两种东西会让人们出于本能地害怕他们。第一就是我们很大程度上依靠面部表情来了解别人并判断他们的动机。而小丑没有面部表情。全部都被固定的妆容覆盖住了。所以人们会想‘这张脸下面在想些什么’？”

The second thing is people don't inherently trust people who are always happy and laughing. For a lot of people, the fear of clowns actually is part of a more general fear of masked creatures. In regular parlance⁵ it's called: coulrophobia."

“第二点就是人们天生不太相信那些永远开心和大笑的人。对很多人而言，对小丑的恐惧其实是对戴着面具的生物的恐惧。它的通常说法叫做：小丑恐惧症。”

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 parlance   

n.说法；语调

参考例句：

• The term "meta directory" came into industry parlance two years ago.两年前，商业界开始用“元目录”这个术语。
• The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.这种说法是指代间谍行为的常用外交辞令。