Dialogue 1

Mark: Hey, Jingjing. You wanna come bungee jumping with me and my friends? We're heading out this afternoon. It's gonna be so much fun!
马克：嘿，京晶。你想加入我和我的朋友们去蹦极吗？我们今天下午出发，肯定会特别好玩儿的！
Jingjing: Bungee jumping? I'll pass. I've got acrophobia.
京晶：蹦极？我还是算了吧。我有恐高症。
Mark: Excuse me? Acro what?
马克：你说什么？恐什么？
Jingjing: Acrophobia. It means that I'm afraid of heights.
京晶：恐高症。就是说我怕高。
Mark: Oh, I've never heard that before.
马克：哦，我从来没有听说过。
Jingjing: Do you have any phobias?
京晶：你没有什么恐惧症么？
Mark: What's a phobia?
马克：什么是恐惧症？
Jingjing: It's a fear of something.
京晶：就是一个你恐惧的东西。
Mark: Well, let's see. When I was a young chap, I was scared of the dark.
马克：好吧，让我来想想。当我还是一个小男孩的时候，我很怕黑。
Jingjing: Scared of the dark eh? There's a name for that! It's called nyctophobia.
京晶：怕黑？那个词叫什么来着？哦对了，这叫黑夜恐惧症。
Mark: Cool, I never knew there were special names for fears.
马克：酷，我从来不知道恐惧还有这么多特殊的名称。
Jingjing: Yup, psychiatrists often use these words to describe certain characteristics of their patients.
京晶：是啊，精神科医生通常会用这些名称来形容他们病人的某些特征。
Mark: Are there any other interesting phobias?
马克：还有什么其他有趣的恐惧症吗？
Jingjing: There's thousands upon thousands. For example, did you know that people who are scared of trees have dendrophobia?
京晶：那多了去了。比如，你知道有人有大树恐惧症吗？
Mark: Really? I had no idea. Anyways, I have to get going. It's almost lunch time and I want to get to the cafeteria early, otherwise I'll have to wait in a long line.
马克：真的吗？我从没听说过。不过，我得先走了。要到午餐时间了，我想早点儿去食堂，否则我就不得不排很久的队。
jingjing: Okay, it sounds like you have macrophobia, which is a fear of having to wait for a long time.
京晶：好吧，听起来你像是有等待恐惧症。
Mark: It's... true!
马克：还真是……！

New words: 习语短语

bungee jumping=蹦极，带着松紧绳从高处的平台上跳下来
head out=离开；出发
I'll pass.=不，谢谢；我还是算了吧。
acrophobia=恐高症
young chap=小伙子，年轻人
nyctophobia=黑夜惧怖症，恐惧黑暗或晚上
psychiatrist=心理医生
thousands upon thousands=成千上万，用来形容大量（数以千计）
dendrophobia=恐树症
macrophobia=久候恐惧症

Dialogue 2

Mark: Hey, Jingjing, you wanna come light some fireworks with me? I have a huge variety. You'll probably like it.
马克：嘿，京晶，你要来和我一起放烟花吗？我有好多品种，估计你会喜欢的。
Jingjing: Geez, you just love playing with fire, don't you? Every year you wanna set off fireworks with me. I'd say you're a pyromaniac.
京晶：天啊，你这么喜欢玩火啊？每年你都叫我一起放烟花。要我说你就是个纵火狂。
Mark: Hey! Just because I like to set off fireworks doesn't mean I'm a pyro. Besides, what's wrong with lighting fireworks?
马克：嘿！就因为我喜欢放烟花并不意味着我是一个纵火狂啊。况且，爱放烟花有什么不对的？
Jingjing: Nothing... It's just that I have pyrophobia. I don't like fire. In fact, I'm quite afraid of it. When I was younger my neighbor's house caught on fire. No one was injured, thankfully. But I will never forget how scared I was.
京晶：没什么……只是我有恐火症。我不喜欢火。或者应该说，我害怕火。小的时候我邻居家着火了。谢天谢地没有人受伤，但是，我永远都不会忘记当时我有多么害怕。
Mark: Oh, I understand.
马克：哦，那我明白了。
Jingjing: Anyways, when you're done lighting off the fireworks, you can come over to my house. I got a new dog! He's so cute!
京晶：不说这个了，你放完烟花来我家吧。我新养了一条狗！特别可爱！
Mark: That's okay. I have cynophobia. I was bitten by a dog when I was younger. Ever since then I've been really scared of them.
马克：还是别了，我有恐狗症。我小时候被狗咬伤过，从那时起我就一直很害怕狗。
Jingjing: Oh, that's too bad. The only creature I'm afraid of is a snake. That means I have ophidiophobia.
京晶：噢，这太糟糕了。我唯一怕的生物就是蛇，也就是说我有恐蛇症。
Mark: Well, I gotta get back to work. Even though I have ergophobia, I have to make money, so I'll talk to you later.
马克：好吧，我得回去工作了。即使我有工作恐惧症，我还是得要赚钱啊，所以回头聊吧。
Jingjing: Peace!
京晶：嗯，回见！

New words: 习语短语

fireworks=烟花爆竹
huge variety=各种各样，有很多不同类型的
pyromaniac=纵火狂，痴迷于火的人
pyro=pyromaniac简称， 纵火狂
pyrophobia=恐火症
to be injured=受伤
cynophobia=恐狗症
ophidiophobia=恐蛇症
ergophobia=工作恐惧症，对工作厌恶恐惧