Unit 6 Fear
Part II LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Lesson A / Listening
SCRIPT
Track 6-1
What are some of the things people are afraid of? A recent survey asked more than 1,000 people what they were afraid of and snakes are number one on the list. According to the survey, 51 percent of people are afraid of them. Next, the survey found that 40 percent of people are afraid of speaking in public. Only 11 percent of people said they are afraid of crowds, and just five percent of people are afraid of the dark. Mice, however, were quite high on the list—20 percent of people are afraid of them.
SCRIPT
Track 6–2
1. I have an unusual fear. It happens to me when I’m on public transportation sometimes. I’m fine if there aren’t a lot of people, but if it’s crowded, I freak out a little. I can’t relax. Crowded subways are the worst. If I’m on a crowded car, I usually get off and wait for the next one.
2. It’s strange; I like my classmates and I have no trouble talking to any of them. But every time I have to speak in front of the class, I get really nervous. I talk too fast, or I forget information. It’s frustrating. Once I start talking, I’m usually okay, but I have a really hard time at first.
3. I don’t know why I’m afraid of them; I’m much bigger than they are, but they still freak me out. Mice just run so fast everywhere! Sometimes, I’ll see one run across the kitchen floor and I can’t go into the kitchen for hours. I can’t even set a trap for them. It’s crazy.
Conversation
Track 6–3
A: What’s something you’re afraid of?
B: Nothing really. When I was a kid, I was scared of bugs, like spiders and roaches.
A: Oh yeah. Me too. But some things still make me nervous.
B: Really? Like what?
A: Going to the dentist.
B: Yeah, that freaks me out, too.
Lesson B / Listening 1
nessun dormaExercise 1
SCRIPT
演员胡静Track 6-4
Narrator:
Journalist Sebastian Junger—who has reported from places like Afghanistan and Sierra Leone—talks about taking risks and controlling fear.
Sebastin Junger:
One of our primary emotions is fear. It is one of the worst emotional experiences we can have. Many people do almost anything they can to avoid it, but some actively seek it out. In many ways, doing things that make us afraid is crazy. No other animal intentionally risks its life for thrills or excitement, and yet humans do it all the time. We climb mountains, jump off bridges with parachutes董洁图片写真, or kayak in dangerous waters.
I used to work as a tree climber, removing old branches from trees. Many times I climbed as high as 24 meters, and then I had to cut six meters of tree above me. It was very dangerous and I had to make just the right cut so that the top of the tree fell forward rather than back on top of me. To deal with my fear, I would wait five or ten minutes befor
e I made the cut. But I wasn’t waiting for courage; I was waiting for emptiness. For those five to ten minutes, I would care and care and care, and then at some point, I would stop caring. Inside, I’d feel empty. Then I’d make the cut. 欧阳娜娜与壹心娱乐结束合作
刘嘉玲被I imagine that every skydiver who steps out of an airplane or every bungee jumper who jumps off a bridge experiences the same thing. Maybe we’re attracted to these sports not because they’re exciting, but because they give us the chance to face our biggest fear— that someday our lives will end. We’re the only animal that knows this, and we’re the only one that seems to need to practice for it again and again.
Questions:
1. According to Sebastian Junger, why do we do things that make us afraid?
2. How did Sebastian Junger deal with fear when he was cutting tall trees?
1. parachute：降落伞
Exercise 2
SCRIPT
Track 6-5
Narrator:
Journalist Sebastian Junger—who has reported from places like Afghanistan and Sierra Leone—talks about taking risks and controlling fear.
Sebastin Junger:
One of our primary emotions is fear. It is one of the worst emotional experiences we can have. Many people do almost anything they can to avoid it, but some actively seek it out. In many ways, doing things that make us afraid is crazy. No other animal intentionally risks its life for thrills or excitement, and yet humans do it all the time. We climb mountains, jump off bridges with parachutes, or kayak in dangerous waters.
I used to work as a tree climber, removing old branches from trees. Many times I climbed as high as 24 meters, and then I had to cut six meters of tree above me. It was very dangerous and I had to make just the right cut so that the top of the tree fell forward rather than back on top of me. To deal with my fear, I would wait five or ten minutes before I made the cut. But I wasn’t waiting for courage; I was waiting for emptiness. For those five to ten minutes, I would care and care and care, and then at some point, I would stop caring. Inside, I’d feel empty. Then I’d make the cut.
I imagine that every skydiver who steps out of an airplane or every bungee jumper who jumps off a bridge experiences the same thing. Maybe we’re attracted to these sports not because they’re exciting, but because they give us the chance to face our biggest fear— that someday our lives will end. We’re the only animal that knows this, and we’re the only one that seems to need to practice for it again and again.
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