Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

4a Living in fear
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Can do (tick ✓)
I can understand how a text is structured.
I can discuss fears and phobias.
I can respond sympathetically to someone’s problems.
I can use so that, in order to, in case and otherwise to explain reasons.
Common phobias
Match the phobias with the objects of the fear.
1 agoraphobia 2 dromophobia 3 glossophobia 4 hemaphobia 5 hydrophobia
crossing the road public speaking water blood open spaces
What are you most afraid of
Put these in order for you from 1 (most afraid) to 5 (least afraid).
the dark
snakes
spiders
enclosed spaces
heights
Did you know
The most common phobia is not claustrophobia (fear of
enclosed spaces) but arachnophobia (fear of spiders).
Research has shown that 50% of women and 10% of
men suffer from this phobia. Interestingly, more people
suffer from brontophobia (fear of thunderstorms) than
necrophobia (fear of death or dead things).
A true story
French prime minister Georges Clemenceau
(1841–1929) was terrified of flying and avoided
planes whenever possible. Before one flight, he was
overheard offering the pilot a word of advice: ‘Fly
very carefully,’ he said, ‘very slow, and very low!’
‘Come on, Dad! Slide!’
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)