首屆全國中學生英語翻譯大賽獲獎作品展播（四）

Fear

Fear is a natural reaction to dangers of injury. If you have a chance to do something you perceive as harmful， you will usually avoid the danger. The problem occurs when the danger is not real or the fear is not rational.

You can overcome irrational fears by confronting them in a safe environment. Small successes over danger can build up your confidence and bravery. Sometimes you can also do this by following the example of others. There are two major types of fear in humans. One is the fear of physical harm. The other is the fear of looking foolish in the eyes of your peers and being ridiculed because of it.

People have many fears of injury， which are completely normal and rational. You may fear jumping out of an airplane with a parachute， because the consequence of failure is death.

It is possible to be ridiculed if you fail in front of other people. This is probably the greatest fear people have. It can cause you to lose confidence and esteem. When people want to do something， there are many cases when they hesitate in doing it， because they fear of consequences of failure or some impending disaster. Fear limits what you will do in your lifetime.

You can overcome your fears by answering some questions about what you are afraid of. Write down a list of your fears and then， answer the questions about each fear you have listed. Be completely honest and non-judgmental with yourself. Decide to start self-exploration with an attitude of excitement.

恐_懼

恐懼是在面對受傷的危險時的一個自然反應，如果你有一個機會去做一些你察覺到有害的事情時，你通常會避開這些危險，當危險不是真實的或恐懼是并不合情合理的，問題就出現了。

你可以在一個安全的環境中面對他們，以克服無端的恐懼。從危險中得到小成功可以增強你的自信與勇氣。有時你還可以通過以其他案例為例來解決它們。人類有兩種主要類型的恐懼：其一就是恐懼受到身體上的傷害，另一種則是你在你的同齡人中看起來是愚蠢的，并且因此受到嘲笑的恐懼。

人們對傷害有很多恐懼，這是完全正常且理性的，就像你可能害怕帶著降落傘跳下飛機，因為失敗的后果會是死亡。

如果你在別人面前失敗了，就有可能被嘲笑，這可能是人們最大的恐懼，這會導致你失去信心和自尊。當人們想做某事時，有很多情況下他們會猶豫不決，因為他們害怕失敗的后果或即將到來的災難。恐懼限制了你一生中所想要做的事。

你可以通過回答一些關于你害怕什么的問題來克服恐懼，寫下你的恐懼清單，然后回答你所列出每種恐懼的問題，對自己要完全誠實，不偏不倚，決定以激動興奮的態度開始自我探索。

指導教師：李諧麗

學生：張淇雅

（全國中學生英語翻譯大賽組委會辦公室 提供）