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Hemispheres: Reading and Writing Course
Unit 4 Fear
Text A
Shark Attack
Text B
Fear
LEAD IN
READING AND SPEAKING
TEXT A
TEXT B
LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT
WRITING
FUN TIME
CONTENTS
LEAD-IN
A. Work in pairs or groups to list in different columns as many things that scare you as possible.
Animals
1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________
5. __________
Disasters
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
Daily Activities
1. _____________
2. _____________
3. _____________
4. _____________
5. _____________
spider
snake
dog
mouse
bee
earthquake
hurricane
volcanic explosion
flood
drought
public speaking
standing high
taking plane
darkness
watching horror
movies
Keys
LEAD-IN
B. Tick (√) the situation that triggers most fears in your mind and explain why.
Situation 1: Being alone in the elevator at .
Situation 2: Walking in an empty dark street at midnight.
Situation 3: Travelling alone in a foreign country.
Situation 4: Being interviewed by employers for the
first time.
Situation 5: Being infected with a serious disease.
Situation 6: Delivering a speech in front of a big audience.
Situation 7: Watching horror movies alone.
Situation 8: Going bungee jumping.
A phobia is an intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus.
Background Information
phobia
READING AND SPEAKING
Miss Muffet is from a nursery rhyme named Little Miss Muffet:
Little Miss Muffet,
sat on a tuffet,
eating her curbs and whey. There came a big spider,
and sat down beside her,
and frightened Miss Muffet away.
Background Information
Miss Muffet
READING AND SPEAKING
Read the first paragraph. What does
arachnophobia mean? What does phobia mean?
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