Hi, I'm Vanessa, and I sleep with 32 tarantulas.“我是凡妮莎，我和32只狼蛛一起住。”Vanessa has always had arachnophobia and wanted to change.凡妮莎一直患有蜘蛛恐惧症，她想改变这一状况。
Vanessa Woods凡妮莎·伍兹
At first, when watching videos online of tarantulas, it did give me the heebie-jeebies a bit.“起初，当我在网上看狼蛛的视频时，确实感到有些害怕。”She used a method called 'exposure therapy' as a solution.她用了一种叫作“暴露疗法”的方法来克服恐惧。That means she gradually interacted with her phobia in a risk-free way.接受“暴露疗法”意味着她以一种无风险的方式逐渐直面了自身的恐惧。
Vanessa Woods凡妮莎·伍兹
Getting over arachnophobia was absolutely fantastic. Tarantulas do not bother me at all any more. It makes you realise how interesting these creatures are.“克服了蜘蛛恐惧症简直太棒了。我再也不怕狼蛛了。战胜恐惧使你意识到这种动物是多么有趣。”According to an estimate, 18% of British people admit to being scared of spiders.据估计，有18%的英国人承认害怕蜘蛛。The spiders move quickly, but what else is there to be afraid of?除了蜘蛛移动速度快以外，它们还有什么令人害怕的地方？The good news is that their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting.好消息是，蜘蛛咬伤通常不会比蜜蜂蜇伤更严重。
Vanessa Woods凡妮莎·伍兹
I would say to people that are arachnophobic, just talk to people about it because it is a really crippling fear, and it does affect a lot of people's lives in a really negative way.“我会对患有蜘蛛恐惧症的人们说：和别人聊一聊吧，因为这是一种严重的恐惧，而且它确实以一种负面的方式影响了很多人的生活。”[They're] just all so different and fascinating. I literally couldn't imagine my life without a spider in it now.（蜘蛛）各不相同，令人着迷。现在我简直无法想象没有蜘蛛的生活。词汇the heebie-jeebies害怕、焦虑或紧张phobia恐惧getting over克服bother使害怕、焦虑crippling fear严重的恐惧
