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Developing Phobias
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1. What do you fear? What do you think are the reasons behind your fear(s)?
Fear of darkness
Fear of
deep water
Fear of heights
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Have your parents ever scared you in order to make you behave? If so, what did they do or say?
Sentence 1
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In China, a series of menacing videos featuring scary doctors or policemen① went viral after many parents decided to scare their naughty children into behaving themselves② with these videos.
现在分词短语featuring scary doctors or policemen在句子中作后置定语,对前面的videos进行修饰限定,它相当于that或which引导的非限制性定语从句:that/which feature scary doctors or policemen。
behave oneself是一个固定短语,意思是“好好表现,使举止规矩”。
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Sentence 2
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While① some parents have praised the effectiveness of the videos, others have pointed out that② the content is precisely the type that③ could lead to the development of phobias in children.
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while在这句话中表示让步,意为“尽管;虽然”。
e.g. While he loves his students, he is very strict with them.
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that引导了一个宾语从句,它起到连接主、从句的作用,可以省略。
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这个that引导的是定语从句,对先行词the type进行修饰限定。
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1. The way we ________ to those challenges is more important than the events themselves.
2. Her father got to the station early last night, for ________ of missing her.
3. The study, which involved 750 patients from the U.K., took seven years to ________.
4. The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is ________ many companies.
5. She is happy to see the children are beginning to ________ a sense of responsibility.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
hurting
react
fear
develop
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completely reactions reasonable developed fears hurt
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Translate the following sentences into English.
我们认为,这种疾病可能与不规律的饮食习惯有关。(have something to do with)
2. 她确切说了些什么,我想不起来了,因为我那时候很困。(exactly)
3. 家长们担心经常玩这类游戏会引发反社会行为。(lead to)
We think that this disease may have something to do with irregular eating hab