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“Come on, get in quickly!” your friend shouts from inside the lift that should take you up to the top floor of the department store. “Errm… I’ll take the stairs and meet you up there!” you yell back. As the doors close, you feel very relieved. It’s a long way up to the eighth floor, but you don’t care anything to get out of going in a lift! If this sounds like you, or perhaps heights turn your legs to jelly, you scream loudly if you see even the tiniest spider in the bath or you shake like a leaf if you have to answer a question in class, you’re not alone! The truth is, most of us are at least a little afraid of something – bees and wasps, for example, the dark, or taking exams. So fear is a basic human emotion. In fact, we actually need it to survive. Whenever we meet danger or feel unsafe, the brain reacts, instantly sending signals to activate the body’s nervous system. As a result, we might shake or sweat and our heart starts beating faster in order to pump more blood to our muscles to get us ready for action, such as running away or fighting. This response is called “fight or flight” and is only turned off when the brain gets enough information to be sure that there is no more danger. What is incredible is that all this can happen in just a few seconds! Needless to say, fear is not always a good thing! People who have a phobia such as agoraphobia (fear of being in crowded public spaces such as a busy market or a bus), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces like lifts or tunnels), arachnophobia (fear of spiders) or even something unusual like ablutophobia (fear of washing) are extremely afraid of something. This may have developed after a very scary experience. A teenager who was bitten by a dog as a young child, for example, may now be too afraid to walk to school with his friends in case he sees a dog. This is because his brain has remembered the fear that he felt when the dog bit him, so now even just thinking about seeing a dog triggers the same fear reaction. This may embarrass him, cause him to miss out on spending time with his friends or even to be teased by them. Between 5 and 10% of the population have phobias but there are ways to fight our fears. First of all, it’s important to stop avoiding the scary situation. It may help to make a list of fears from the least to the most scary and then face them one by one. This will not be easy, but when we see that our worst fears didn’t come true, we will realise that they are irrational and there is no real reason to be afraid. Then, we will change how we respond to them and eventually our fears will melt away!
When What Who Where
your last meal?
Example:
When was your last meal?
It was at half past seven.
Where were you at the weekend?
I was at home.
What was for your homework?
It was a geography project.
Where were you at seven o'clock in the morning?
I was still in bed.
Who were your first teachers?
They were Mrs Brown and Mr Black.
When were your last exams?
They were last Friday.
What was the weather like yesterday?
It was a bit cloudy but it was warm and it wasn't raining.
What was your first school?
It was the primary school in the town where I was born.
When was your last visit to the dentist?
It was a month ago.
Объяснение:
1) What were you arguing about?
2) I'm not apologizing for breaking the lamp, because I didn't do it!
3) My aunt suffers from diabetes.
4) The course in African Studies at SOAS appeals to me the most.
5) She's always boasting of the one time she was on TV!
6) His success depends on his creativity.
7) She's waiting for the day her son will come home.
8) People have complained about high prices.
9) The writer referred to his family in this book.
10) Think about the consequences before you act.
11) Elena has devoted all her life to poor children.
12) We have borrowed $10 from her.
13) Stop shouting at me, will you?
14) Why are you staring at me?
15) The man was sentenced to life imprisonment.