| A: | Are you excited about your trip next month? |
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| B: | Yes and no. I can’t wait to go to Europe, but at the same time I am terrified. |
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| A: | Why? |
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| B: | Well, I have aerophobia. I have a chronic fear of flying. |
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| A: | Oh really? I have an uncle who is also terrified of flying. It’s not that bad though, I mean, it is pretty scary to be in this big machine flying through the air at seven hundred miles per hour. I actually have arachnophobia. |
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| B: | You’re scared of spiders? I actually have two more phobias. Acrophobia and glossophobia. |
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| A: | I guess that explains why you are afraid of flying, but public speaking is not that bad. |
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| B: | Are you kidding? When I get on stage, my palms start to sweat, I get really nervous and I can hardly speak. |
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| A: | Well, I must confess I am a bit claustrophobic. I hate being in an elevator for more than 5 seconds. |
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| B: | We are such weirdos right? |
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| trip | | journey to a place |
| terrify | | to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid |
| aerophobia | | an abnormal fear of drafts of air, gases, or airborne matter |
| chronic | | constant, habitual |
| phobia | | irrational fear of a specific object, activity |
| glossophobia | | the fear of public speaking |
| Acrophobia | | a pathological fear of heights |
| sweat | | to excrete (perspiration, moisture, etc.) through the pores of the skin |
| nervous | | being worried about what might happen |
| kidding | | fool or joke |
| claustrophobia | | an abnormal fear of being in enclosed or narrow places. |
| confess | | To admit or acknowledge something damaging |
| weirdo | | a strange person |