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Our fears and how to overcome them

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OUR FEARS AND HOW TO
OVERCOME THEM
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What are your 3 main fears?
How can fears influence your life?

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VOCABULARY
• Be spooked by… - быть напуганным , испугаться
• Dreadful – ужасный, страшный
• Give (me) goosebumps – вызывать мурашки по коже
• Apprehension – опасение
• Startle at – вздрогнуть от
• Shriek – вопль
• Tease – дразнить
• Set (smth) off – вызывать что-то (быть причиной, синоним к слову «cause»)

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Discuss these 5 phobias
• Acrophobia – a fear of the heights
• Claustrophobia – a fear of being in a small space
• Gamophobia – a fear of a married life and serious
relationship
• Venustraphobia – a fear of gorgeous women
• Bathophobia – a fear of depth

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Answer on these questions
• Why do humans experience fear?
• Can fear be beneficial? In what ways?
• How to overcome your fears and do you need to do that?
• Are there any cultural or social factors that influence what
we fear?

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Comment on these stereotypes
• If you have fears you are a weak person
• All fears you came up by yourself and there are no rational reasons
for them
• Fears help us to save our life
• Fears spoil the quality of a person’s life
• If a man has fears – it’s awful, if a girl has fears – it’s cute
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