Перевод: Reading & Vocabulary Fear&Phobias "Come on, get in quickyt" your triend shouts from inside the ift that should take you up to the top foor of the department store "Erm… take the stairs and meet you up there!" you yell back. As the doors close, you feel very releved. It's a lang wuy up to the eighth floor, 1) ablutophobia (fear of washing) are extremely of something. This may have developed alter scary experience. A teenager who was bitten by dog as a young child, for example, may non tet, afraid to walk to school with his friend in caser sees a dog. This is because his bran 'remembered' the fear that he felt when the dogt him, 4) … .This may embarrass him, cause him miss out on spending time with his friends or eve to be teased by them. 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 ittle afraid of something - bees and wasps, for example, the dark, 2) …. 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, 3) …. 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! Between 5 and 10% of the population haw phobias but there are ways to fight our fears. Fru of all, it's important to stop avoiding the scar situation. It may help to make a list of fears from the least to the most scary 5) … . This will not be easy, but when we see that our worst fears didnt come true, we will realise that they are irrationa and there is no real reason to be afraid. Then, we will change how we respond to them 6) … A and then face them one by one. B or taking exams. C and eventually our fears will melt away! D so now even just thinking about seeing a dog triggers the same fear reaction. 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 E but you don't care - anything to get out of going in a lift! F which will help you to find out the reason for your fear. G such as running away or fighting.