Phobias

1. pre-reading questions
Which of the following situations would make you most nervous?

• seeing a rat in the street
• travelling by airplane
• travelling by motorcycle
• seeing a large spider in the bathroom
• making a speech to a large audience
• standing on a roof
• an important exam
• walking home alone late at night
• swimming alone in deep water
• making a parachute jump

2. reading comprehension questions

• How do people feel about flying in an airplane? (P1)
  
• What are the three common phobias? (P2)
• Is flying more dangerous than riding in a car? / What are people with a phobia about flying afraid of? (P3-4)
• What do older people feel about the noise and people at an airport? (P6)
• What are the real reasons for people's phobia about flying in an airplane? (P7-8)
• In special classes, how can people learn to overcome the fear of flying ? (P11-12)
• Are these classes useful? (P13)
  

3. collocations

• once in a while (line 4)
• get on an airplane (line 5)
• prevent ... from ... (line 6)
• be afraid of ... (line 8)
• millions of ... (line 18)
• get into a car (line 20)
• have no control over anything (line 40)
• ride in a plane (line 61)

4. usage and grammar

• Riding in a car is thirty times more dangerous than flying, ... (lines 18-19)
  

5. Quizlet