Unit2beatyourfearSectionAPre-readingactivities1．1T2F3T4FSF2．1Jack'sproblemissolvedbyacarpenter.HetoldJacktocutthelegsoffthebed.AndthenJackascertainthatnobodywassleepingunderitwhenhegotintobed.2Theanswerisopen-ended.Forexample,youmighthavethefearofdarkness,thefearofheights,thefearofsnakesorspiders,thefearofflying,etc.Somesuggestionsonhowtoovercomefearsarelistedbelowforreference.First,youanalyzedyourfearandhadaclearpictureofwhatyourfearwas.Thenyoutookcontrolofyourfear.Youdecidedtoexposeyourselftothatfearinsmalldosesuntilyougainedabetterunderstandingofit.Asaresult,yourfearbegantodisappear.Finally,yousuccessfullychangedthewayyouthoughtaboutyourfear.Youstartedseeingfearasasourceofenergyandembraceditsroleinyourlife.Scripts:Jackwenttoadoctor."Doctor,"hesaid,"I'vegottrouble.EverytimeIlieinbed,Ithinkthere'ssomebodyunderit.Igetunderthebed;thenIthinkthere'ssomebodyontopofit.Top,under,top,under.You'vegottohelpme!Italmostdrivesmemad!""Justputyourselfinmyhandsfortwoyears,"saidthedoctor."Cometomethreetimesaweek,andI'llcureyourfears.""Howmuchdoyoucharge?""Ahundreddollarsavisit.""I'llthinkaboutit,"saidJack.SixmonthslaterthedoctormetJackbychance"Whydidn'tyouevercometoseemeagain?"askedthedoctor."Forahundredbucksavisit?Acarpentercuredmefor10dollars.""Isthatso?How?""Hetoldmetocutthelegsoffthebed!"ReadingcomprehensionUnderstandingthetext11Becausewhenheoncehoppedfromthehighestdivingboardatthepool,hehitthewaterwithanincredibleimpactandblackedout.2No,theycouldn't.Becausewiththewater'stow,they'dnevergettothedrowningboy.3BecausenobodyexceptJasonsawthatgoingoutontothejetty,whichwasclosetotheboy,wasthefastestwaytoreachthedrowningboy.4Becausehisfearofwatersuddenlystruckhim.5Hefeltlikehewasbackinthatpool,breathless,struggling,terrified.6Theboypoppedbackup,eyeswidewithterror,pawingandtwistingagainstJason.7No,itwasn't.AtfirstwhenJasonswamagainsttheripcurrent,itwasforciblydraggingthemouttothesea.Thenhedecidedtoswimsidewaystothepullofthecurrentandslowlymadetheirwaybacktoshore.Finallyhemadehiswaybacktosafety.8BecauseJasonhadalreadyconqueredhisinnerfearofwaterandhealsofeltrelievedanddelightedwhenhesawtheboywashuggedtightlybyhismother.Criticalthinking21Toovercometheinnerfearofwater,weneedto:conquerourselveswithcouragebyhelpingothers,stepupandfaceourfear;practicecontrolledbreathingandalternatelytenseandrelaxmusclegroupstobringintophysicalawarenessthedifferencesbetweenbeingtenseandbeingrelaxed;makethevictimstopstruggling.Inthiswayhe/shecanbepulledtosafety.2Thefearsmaycomefrom:ourownpastexperience;otherpeople'sfearswewitness;someone'sdescriptionabouttheirfears;influenceofspecificculturalandhistoricalcontext.3Togetaguytoaskagirlout,trygivinghimsomepointersandideasonhowtoapproachthesituationwithconfidence:Telltheguytoaskagirlonacasualdateandseewhereitgoesfromthere.Explaintohimthataskingagirloutface-to-facecanbemostappropriate,asitwillshowherhowseriousbeis.However,ifhethinksthatistoodaring,thensuggestsendingheratextmessageorcallingheronthephone.Encouragetheguytobeassertiveandnotbeataroundthebush.Confidenceisadmirable,andagirlismorelikelytobeattractedtoamanwithconfidence.Ifheisaskingthegirlinperson,heshouldspeakasthoughheknewshewouldsayyes.Tellhimnottohesitateandtogetstraighttothepoint.Suggestthattheguygivethegirlsomechoicesastowheretogoonadate.Ifheisunsureofwhatactivitiesorrestaurantssheenjoysmost,thisisagreato...
