EP128 战胜恐惧 Conquer your fear

 Talk about your fears & extreme sports

 

Grammar: Expressing "on the contrary" with "反而fan'er"

 

“胆小鬼”&“妻管严”,interesting Chinese slangs related to怕

 

Song:《不要害怕》 Don’t be afraid  by 王力宏 Leehom Wang

 

Dialogue:

 

A:上周末我去蹦极了。感觉真刺激!

 

Shàng zhōu mò wǒ qù bèng jí le 。Gǎn jué zhēn cì jī !

 

Last weekend I went to bungee Jumping, it’s so exciting!

 

B: 好厉害!我恐高,一直不敢尝试。

 

Hǎo lì hài !wǒ kǒng gāo ,yī zhí bù gǎn cháng shì 。

 

Awesome! I’m scared of heights, I dare not to try.

 

A:跳下去以后,反而没那么害怕了。

 

Tiào xià qù yǐ hòu ,fǎn ér méi nà me hài pà le 。

 

once you jump off, it’s not that scary anymore.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【周末】zhōu mò:weekend

 

【蹦极】bèng jí: bungee Jumping

 

【感觉】gǎn jué: feel

 

【刺激】cì jī: stimulate ; excite ; irritate ; provoke ; upset

 

【厉害】lì hài: awesome

 

【恐高】kǒng gāo:fear of height

 

【不敢】bù gǎn: dare not

 

【尝试】cháng shì: try

 

【跳】tiào: jump

 

【反而】fǎn ér: on the countray

 

【害怕】hài pà: fear, afraid, scare