新奇事件簿 英國人最害怕蜘蛛和高度

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A new survey from an internet-based market research company shows the things British people are most afraid of. Top of the list is heights. Over half of the people who took the survey said they had acrophobia – the medical name for the fear of heights. In second place was a fear of snakes, with 21 per cent of peoplesaying they were "very afraid" of the slippery creatures. The third biggest fear was public speaking, with20 per cent being "very afraid" and 36 per cent being "a little afraid" of speaking in public. Other things that frighten people most include spiders, mice, needles and injections, the sight of blood, flying, andbeing in small spaces. Number 10 on the list was coulrophobia – the fear of clowns.

一項網(wǎng)絡(luò)市場研究公司的新研究調(diào)查了英國人最害怕的東西。居首位的是高度。有超過一半的受調(diào)查者說自己有恐高癥，這是怕高的醫(yī)學(xué)名詞。排在第二位的是蛇，有21%的被調(diào)查者稱他們非常害怕這一滑溜溜的生物。排在第三位的是公共演講，有20%，有36%的人稱對公眾演講有點害怕。其他還有蜘蛛、老鼠、針管和注射、暈血、飛行以及在置身于狹小空間。排在第10位的是害怕小丑。

The market research company asked over 2,000 people what they were afraid of. They had to rate 13 common phobias from "not at all afraid" to "very afraid". The researchers found that there were big differences between what men and women were afraid of, and what frightened old and young people. The researchers said: "All are not created equal when it comes to fears." The survey showed that more women than men were afraid of things, especially spiders. These scare a third of men and about half of women. Age differences showed young people were more likely to be afraid of public speaking. Those in the older age groups were more likely than younger people to be afraid of heights.

市場研究公司詢問了200名英國人。他們把13種人們普遍害怕的事物分級，從“一點都不怕”到“非常害怕”。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)男女之間、老幼之間的區(qū)別很大。研究人員稱：“當(dāng)談及害怕時，男女之間顯然不平等了。”這項研究說明女人比男人害怕的事物要多，特別是蜘蛛。蜘蛛讓三分之一的男性受訪者害怕，而女性卻占到了一半。年齡的差別也顯示年輕人比年長者更害怕公共講話。年長者比年輕人更有可能害怕高度。