I am not afraid of death, I just don't

want to be there when it happens.

Woody Allen, American film director

afraid of it for years

1 V O C A B U L A R Y phobias and words b C o m p l e t e t h e t e x t w i t h / b r a n d since.

related to fear
a Complete the phobias w i t h the missing vowels.
T h e n m a t c h t h e m w i t h the definitions.

fl_g_o_r^fl_ph_o_bj_ _o_ LH a fear o f spiders

cl str p h b _ • b fear o f o p e n spaces
r chn ph b _ • c fear o f heights
gl ss ph b • d fear o f closed spaces
cr ph b • e fear o f p u b l i c s p e a k i n g

C o m p l e t e t h e sentences w i t h a s u i t a b l e w o r d .

1 A r e y o u frightened o f snakes? A l o t o f people are.

2 I ' m quite sc o f spiders. I d o n ' t l i k e
them much.
3 I f y o u suffer f r o m a f of flying, you
can't travel by plane.
4 M y sister is te o f b i g dogs. She always
crosses the r o a d i f she sees one.
5 M y c h i l d r e n don't like s w i m m i n g . T h e y ' r e
a
6 Olga has a p h
o f water.
o f insects. She never A celebrity's life
goes t o the c o u n t r y .
Kristen Stewart, actress
Kristen Stewart has been a famous actress for
G R A M M A R present perfect + for and since
1

about five years now. She has been an actress

(^]irclg)the c o r r e c t w o r d , / o r o r since, t o c o m p l e t e 2
she was eight years old, when her
each sentence. agent saw her performing at school. Her first role was in a
1 Jess hasn't f l o w n o n a plane(for)/ s i n c e m a n y years. film where she didn't speak, b u t 3
then
2 I haven't seen m y parents f o r / s i n c e m y b i r t h d a y . she has been in many films. She is probably best known for
3 H e hasn't r i d d e n a horse f o r / s i n c e he f e l l o f f one w h e n playing Bella Swan in TheTwilightSaga, a part which she has
he was twelve. played 4
four years.
4 We've h a d o u r rabbit f o r / s i n c e six m o n t h s . Kristen has lived in Los Angeles 5
she
5 M y g r a n has agoraphobia. She hasn't left the house was born. Because she was acting at a young age, she
for / s i n c e t w o years. couldn't go to school, so she studied online.
6 I've been a f r a i d o f dogs f o r / s i n c e I was very y o u n g . 6
then, she has completed high school.
7 O l i v e r is i l l . H e hasn't eaten f o r / s i n c e t w o days. She is now one of the best-paid actresses in Hollywood.
8 We haven't been back there f o r / s i n c e the accident Something many people don't know about Kristen is that
happened.
she has equinophobia, or a fear of horses. She has had this
problem 7
most of her life, but her fans
have only known about i t 8
2012, when she
was filming with horses. Kristen explained that she has been
scared of them 9
she was nine years old,
when she had a terrible fall during a horse-riding accident.
c C o m p l e t e the q u e s t i o n s a b o u t K r i s t e n S t e w a r t . 4 LISTENING
Use How long o r When a n d t h e v e r b i n b r a c k e t s .
a ffiTfcii!ffi Listen to a radio call-in programme
1 When did Kristen Stewart start acting? (start)
a b o u t p h o b i a s . W h a t is c y n o p h o b i a ?
W h e n she was eight. A fear of dogs.
2 she the p a r t o f Bella Swan? b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d c h o o s e t h e c o r r e c t answers.
(play) 1 T h e caller is w o r r i e d a b o u t . . .
For f o u r years. a her pet.
3 Kristen _ i n Los Angeles? (live) ( b ) someone i n her f a m i l y ,
Since she was b o r n . c her p h o b i a .
4 Kristen. equinophobia? (have) 2 The dog b i t . . .
For m o s t o f her l i f e . a the n e i g h b o u r ,
5 fans about her phobia? (hear) b the caller,
I n 2012. c the caller's son.
d R i g h t (/) o r w r o n g (*)? C o r r e c t t h e m i s t a k e s i n t h e b o l d 3 T h e caller w a n t s some
phrases. advice a b o u t . . .

1 G i l l h a t e s f l y i n g since she was a c h i l d . a p r e v e n t i n g a phobia,

Gill has hated flying b k e e p i n g dogs,

2 H o w l o n g t i m e has y o u r b r o t h e r an actor? c treating a phobia.

4 T h e psychologist tells the caller...

3 W e ' v e b e e n m a r r i e d since 2 0 0 0 . a to keep her son away f r o m dogs.

b t o t a l k about her son's experience w i t h h i m .

4 He's been i n the U S A f o r F e b r u a r y . c to let her son play w i t h a friend's dog.

5 H o w l o n g d o y o u h a v e y o u r dog?
U S E F U L W O R D S AND P H R A S E S
6 He's h a d t h i s job s i n c e e i g h t y e a r s . L e a r n these words and phrases.

cure /'kjoa/
7 I've had f o u r cars s i n c e I l e a r n e d t o d r i v e .
d r u g /drAg/
heights /haits/
8 S h e ' s k n o w n S a l l y since they were at school.
overcome ( a fear) /aova'kAm/
panic /'pajnik/
afraid /a'freid/
3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress frightened fraitnd/
r a t i o n a l (opp irrational) /"rasfanal/
<tWn&3!fft L i s t e n a n d repeat t h e sentences. C o p y t h e
rhythm. scared /skead/
terrified /'terifaid/
1 H o w l o n g have you w o r k e d h e r e ?
affect sbd / s t h (verb) a'fekt/
2 H o w l o n g have they b e e n married? have an effect o n sbd/sth hasv an f f e k t on/
3 H O W l o n g has she k n o w n him?
4 W e ' v e l i v e d here for s i x m o n t h s .
5 I've s t u d i e d E n g l i s h for t h r e e years.

6 He's had a p h o b i a s i n c e he was a c h i l d .