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 heading 1 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 acrophobia 2.
　　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 means 3 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 chap 4, 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, psychiatrists 5 often use these words to describe certain characteristics 6 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 cafeteria 7 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 pyromaniac 8.
　　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 lighting 9 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 injured 10, 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