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BRITONS MOST AFRAID OF HEIGHTS AND SNAKES (March 28th, 2014)A survey from a U.K. company shows what British people are most afraid of. Top of the list is heights. Over half of people said they had a fear of heights. In second place was a fear of snakes. The third biggest fear was public speaking. Twenty per cent of people were "very afraid" of speaking in public. Other things include spiders, mice, injections, blood, flying, and being in small spaces. Number 10 on the list was the fear of clowns.Over 2,000 people answered questions about common phobias. There were big differences between men and women, and between old and young people. The researchers said not everyone is "created equal when it comes to fears". Women were afraid of more things than men. Spiders scare a third of men and about half of women. Young people are more afraid of public speaking. Older people are more afraid of heights. SYNONYM MATCHMatch the words on the left to words that have the same or similar meanings on the mon ____Equal ____Clown ____Afraid ____Created ____Injection ____Survey ____StudyScaredShotJokerUsualMadeThe same asTRUE OR FALSET/FBritish people are most afraid of heights.T/F I have acrophobia if I am afraid of snakes.T/FMore than 20,000 people answered questions about their fears.T/FThere were big differences between men and women’s fears.T/FWomen are more scared of spiders than men. T/FOlder people are less afraid of public speaking than young people are.JUST FOR FUN2714625847725Phobia is something that a person really dislikes and fears. For example, if I am afraid of heights, I have acrophobia, and I am an acrophobic person.Here is a list of phobias. You might find some phobias common and while others very strange. You might even find phobias that you have! Take a look at the list, circle the phobias that you have and compare with your friends. AblutophobiaAchluophobiaAilurophobiaBibliophobiaClaustrophobiaEntomophobiaHeliophobiaIatrophobiaIchthyophobiaLaliophobiaLigyrophobiaMetathesiophobiaMusophobiaNyctophobiaOrnithophobiaPediophobiaPteromerhanophobiaScoleciphobiaTechnophobiaTriskaidekaphobiaXanthophobiaXenophobiaFear of washing or bathingFear of darknessFear of catsFear of booksFear of small spacesFear of insectsFear of the sunFear of going to the doctorFear of fishFear of speakingFear of loud noisesFear of changesFear of miceFear of the dark or of nightFear of birdsFear of dollsFear of flyingFear of wormsFear of technologyFear of the number 13Fear of the color yellow or the word yellowFear of strangers or foreigners ................
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