The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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Lời giải:
Báo sai- choose (v): chọn
- distinguish (4- between A and B) (v): phân biệt (giữa A và B)
E.g: At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?
- select (v): lựa chọn
- pick (v): chọn, chọn lựa kỹ càng
"It is important to distinguish between a fear and a phobia." (Thật là quan trọng để phân biệt giữa một nỗi sợ và một nỗi ám ảnh.)