６月後半の課題添削 (６/３０までにご応募ください)
"Write a short essay and share your phobia."
"phobia"は、「恐怖症」のことです。あなたは何かに対しての「恐怖症」を持っていますか？ あなたの"phobia"についてエッセイを書いてください。
「恐怖症になったきっかけ」「それをどう感じるか」など、具体的な説明を含めて、読み手に感情が伝わるように書いてみてください。
"phobia"については、以下の典型的なものから選ぶか、別のものでもかまいません。
"arachnophobia" 「クモ恐怖症」、"ophidiophobia" 「ヘビ恐怖症」、"acrophobia" 「高所恐怖症」、"pteromerhanophobia"「飛行恐怖症」
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Acrophobia
I have a fairly severe case of "acrophobia" (fear of heights), but there is a good reason for it. Many years ago, while I was on my honeymoon, I tried rock climbing in Scotland. A close friend of mine with a lot of climbing experience took my wife and I to a place in northern Scotland. The cliff wasn't all that high (maybe 30 meters) and, according to my friend, not too difficult. He climbed to the top first so he could belay for me. From the top, he threw down the end of the rope and I attached it to my harness and started climbing. The hardest part was having to pull myself up with my fingers jammed into small cracks in the cliff. I got about half way up before my fingers couldn't take it anymore. I slipped and swung away from the cliff (supported by the rope fixed at the top by my friend of course). I started screaming and my heart jumped to my throat. When I looked down it seemed like the ground was a kilometer away. My heart was pounding so hard. My friend slowly lowered me down. The whole time I was convinced the rope could break at any moment. Of course it didn't break, and I finally touched the ground, after what seemed like an eternity. That night I had a terrible sleep. I woke up screaming several times because I kept dreaming I was falling off a cliff. To this day, I am terrified of heights. Even looking out the window of a tall building makes me feel uneasy. Needly to say, I won't be visiting Tokyo Skytree any time soon.
