номер 3, страница 108 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс учебник Wetz, Styring

3 Read the text again and write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

1 There were spiders at Georgia's house.

2 Georgia was Mark Tanner's first patient.

3 Some people are scared of eating in public.

4 Georgia's family hid real spiders at home.

5 Georgia is less scared of spiders now.

6 Georgia is definitely going to touch a spider.

Feel the fear!

I hate spiders. A lot of people dislike spiders, but I'm really scared of them. If there's a spider in a room, I won't go in. I have stayed at friends' houses three times because there were spiders in our house. It sounds ridiculous, but if you haven't got a phobia, you won't understand. I have got a phobia – arachnophobia.

Two months ago, I went with my mum to see a specialist called Mark Tanner. Mark has helped a lot of patients with phobias. Some patients had 'normal' phobias, like being frightened of dogs, or snakes, or the dark. Some patients had really weird ones, like phobias of bananas, or eating in public. He's helped a girl with a phobia of school as well. She hasn't been at school this year!

I've seen the specialist a few times and he's been really helpful. First, we looked at photos of spiders, and then we watched spiders on a DVD. Next, he gave plastic spiders to my family and they hid them around the house. That was really unpleasant, but it's made me much less phobic. I also wrote in my 'spider diary' every time I saw a real spider.

I've looked at hundreds of spiders with Mark and my phobia has improved a bit. That's the idea of 'exposure therapy'. After you've seen a thousand spiders, you aren't scared of them anymore. Next week, Mark says that I must touch one. I don't think I'm ready for that! I haven't touched a spider before and I don't know if I can. We'll see ... by Georgia Bushell, Birmingham

Some phobias and their names fear of flying - aerophobia fear of thunderstorms - brontophobia fear of being in a small space - claustrophobia fear of dentists - dentophobia fear of teenagers - ephebiphobia fear of snakes - ophidiophobia

Прочитайте текст еще раз и напишите, верны ли утверждения (true) или нет (false). Исправьте неверные утверждения.

Ответ:

1 True. (Верно.)

2 False. Mark Tanner has helped a lot of patients before Georgia. (Неверно. Марк Таннер помог многим пациентам до Джорджии.)

3 True. (Верно.)

4 False. Georgia's family hid plastic spiders at home. (Неверно. Семья Джорджии прятала дома пластиковых пауков.)

5 True. (Верно.)

6 False. Georgia isn't sure if she can touch a spider. (Неверно. Джорджия не уверена, сможет ли она дотронуться до паука.)