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词汇提示

1.panic 恐慌

2.choke 窒息

3.lifeguards 救生员

4.length 长度

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My Worst Fear

I am afraid of water.

I don't know why I am afraid.

I have never had a bad experience in the water.

I just never learned to swim.

I should have done that when I was just little.

It would be easier for me to swim now，if I had started when I was young.

I will go into the shallow water，I start to panic when the water gets higher than my chest.

I don't like the feeling of not being able to put my feet on the bottom of the pool or the lake.

I don't like get water up my nose.

I choke and cough when that happens.

My friends just tell my to relax and I will float，but I find it is hard to relax in deep water.

They keep telling me that if I panic I will sink.

Most of my friends have had swimming lessons.

Some of them are even lifeguards.

They have tried to teach me to swim，but I think I need go to a place where they actually teach swimming.

It would be so nice to jump into a pool of cool water on a hot summer day.

That would be so refreshing.

If I go out onto a boat，I always wear a life jacket.

I think it is wise to do that.

Everyone should wear a life jacket on a boat.

I would rather be safe than sorry.

I have decided that I will overcome my fear.

I will go and take swimming lessons.

I have a goal.

By this time next year，I would like to be able to swim the length of the pool without being afraid.

It is best to face your fear and deal with them.

I hope that I can overcome my fear of water.