TutorABC課程體驗：顧問（師資）、同儕、教材（每堂課後都有評鑑）

TutorABC上課筆記：Phobias: What are you afraid of?（恐懼症）

level11（未經語言程度分析）

顧問

這次的顧問是英式口音，講話又比較輕，所以需要很專心聽他說話；
人很好，很樂意在課堂中結合自己的生活做分享。
最讓我驚豔的是他寫評鑑非常用心，寫得很針對個人之外，書寫方式也很得我心，看完他的評鑑心情會非常好。

同儕

回去看上課錄影檔才發現原來這堂課有三個學員，但其中一個可能從頭到尾都掛不在位置上，所以顧問也沒有跟他對話，對我們來說算是賺到了一些上課時間，哈哈。

另一位學員算是程度算能接受的，雖然感覺還是不太習慣長句表達，但至少在發音和表達上有一定基礎，只是也很不習慣英式發音，所以經常需要老師重複他的問題。

教材

這次的主題因為是討論恐懼症，出現了一些我覺得平常不會特別去記、記了也很容易忘的相關單字，不過討論還是很有趣；尤其一開始老師在問我有沒有對什麼東西有恐懼症的時候，我一直說我覺得我好像沒有，一直到hemophobia和typanophpbia出來，我才意識到自己其實有，只是平常跟別人分享這方面的事情不會用英文，或者即使用英文也不知道這樣的狀況有專有名詞可以表示，上了課剛好可以用課堂中提到的東西來輔助說明自己的生活經驗。

Vocabulary and Phrases

calm (sb) down (ph v.) to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way（使）平靜；（使）冷靜；（使）鎮靜
etymology (n(C/U]) the study of the origin and history of words, or a study of this type relating to one particular word詞源學；詞源說明
impede (vt) to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something 妨礙，阻礙；阻止
genetics (n[U]) the study of how, in all living things, the characteristics and qualities of parents are given to their children by their genes 遺傳學
trigger (vt) to cause something to start 引起，引發（壞事）
torment [U] great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain 折磨；痛苦(vt) to cause a person or animal to suffer or worry 折磨；使痛苦
alienate (vt) to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you 離間；使背離；使不友好
to make someone feel that they are different and not part of a group 使格格不入；使疏遠
afflict (vt) If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it 使痛苦；使苦惱；折磨
possess (vt) to have or own something, or to have a particular quality 擁有；具有
(of a wish or an idea) to take control over a person’s mind, making that person behave in a very strange way（欲望或想法）影響，控制，支配
harbor (vt) to think about or feel something, usually over a long period 心懷，懷有（想法或感情）
to protect someone or something bad, especially by hiding that person or thing when the police are looking for him, her, or it
庇護，窩藏，藏匿（罪犯或贓物）
sadistic (adj) getting pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person 虐待狂的
stadium (n[C]) a large closed area of land with rows of seats around the sides and often with no roof, used for sports events and musical performances 體育場
sufferer (n[C]) a person who has or often gets a particular illness 病患
submerge (vt/vi) to go below or make something go below the surface of the sea or a river or lake（使）潛入水中，（使）沒入水中；浸沒
be prone to sth/do sth (ph) likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic 易於遭受（疾病）的；有（消極）傾向的
plummet (vi) to fall very quickly and suddenly 暴跌，急遽下降
in conjunction with (idiom) in combination with; together with
come in/into contact with (ph v) to touch (something)to see and begin began communicating with (someone) 
abhor (vt, not continuous) to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral 憎惡；憎恨；厭惡
surmount (vt) to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem 克服（困難）；解決（問題）
to be on top of something tall 聳立於…之上，在…頂端

phobia: comes from the Greek word phobos, which means fear
arachnophobia: the fear of spiders
ailurophobia: the fear of cats
acrophobia: fear of heights 
agoraphobia: fear of public places
claustrophobia: fear of confined spaces
aquaphobia: fear of water
hemophobia: fear of blood
typanophpbia: fear of needles

Expressions

be terrified of
physical effects
include, but are not limited to
panic sensations
relaxation techniques
10 times more likely
life-altering event
professional treatment
 a movie by the same name
a famous hit 
live snakes
experience panic attacks
superstitions about
at the sight of
confront the fear
build one’s confidence
under stressful conditions

Others

being scared of something versus having a phobia about it
Joseph Wolpe (psychologist)
desensitization method
assertiveness training method
match the phobia to the picture
American president Franklin D. Roosevelt “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

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