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Brits top 20 phobias revealed - is your secret terror among them?
最困扰英国人的20种恐惧症，看你中枪没有？
Clowns, broccoli, buttons, bananas and even the Pope are some of the bizarre phobias that have turned us into a nation of scaredy cats.
小丑、西蓝花、纽扣、香蕉甚至教皇等奇奇怪怪的东西都能让英国人民吓一跳！
According to a study, our so-called irrational fears may be related to an event in our lives but in reality don't pose a threat.
研究表明，这种奇怪的恐惧跟我们日常生活中常见，但暂时没造成威胁的东西有关。
Yet two thirds of adults admit they have never grown out of or come to terms with their phobia.
三分之二成年人表示，他们仍没摆脱从小就有的特定物品恐惧症。
Half have nightmares about the weird objects that give them the creeps and more than a third keep their aversion hidden from friends and family.
他们中有一半人看到奇怪的东西会做噩梦，还有超过三分之一人为了避免尴尬，不敢告诉家人和朋友自己有这方面的恐惧症。
Clowns topped the dread list with a fifth of adults terrified of the characters made infamous by evil dancing clown Pennywise from the movie version of horror novel It by Stephen King .
由于大部分人小时候看过史蒂芬金恐怖小说改编的《小丑回魂》这部电影，五分之一成年人最害怕的东西就是小丑。
But research to mark the release of zombie series The Walking Dead : The Complete Sixth Season on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday found Brits have an irrational fear of everyday objects from plasters, fake nails and fizzy drinks to lumpy food, belly buttons and squirrels.
但随着《行尸走肉》剧集的热播，研究发现，石膏、假指甲、充气饮料、块状食物、肚脐、松鼠。。。几乎任何东西都可能让英国人心惊胆战。
Psychologist and phobia specialist Dr Becky Spellman said: "Many, perhaps most of us have at least one irrational fear, which causes us to shudder with horror when we see or even think of the object of our dread.
心理学家和恐惧症专家Becky Spellman博士指出：“我们中大部分人都有打心底害怕的东西，这导致我们看到、甚至一想到这些东西就会恐惧颤抖。”
"One explanation is that we do live in a frightening world, and that every day we are all at risk - even if it is only a small risk - of experiencing something bad happening to us.
“这是因为这个世界确实比较令人害怕，我们每天都有可能（即使几率很小）遭遇不好的事情。”
"In many ways, it is easier to concentrate our fears on something that is very unlikely to ever hurt us - like clowns - than to think about the real risks that we are facing, and that are much more likely to cause us problems in life.
“因此，我们倾向于逃避更容易引发现实中麻烦的恐惧，把恐惧转移到某种伤不到我们的东西上。”
"In this way, unless it gets out of hand, our irrational fear can be a useful coping mechanism to get by in an alarming world, by focusing negative feelings on something that is unlikely to ever hurt us."
“这样，除非现实中的麻烦发生在眼前，我们心里的恐惧都暂时会集中在那些伤不到我们的东西上。这样能帮助我们在这个危险的世界中正常生活。”
20 top fears: Clowns, Feet, Birds, Bellybuttons , Lumpy food, Fish, Buttons, Bananas, Hair, Stairs , Food with holes in it, Fake nails, Beards, Shower curtains, Squirrels, Broccoli, The Pope, Plasters, Fizzy drinks, Pregnant women.
英国人最害怕的20种东西：小丑、脚、鸟、肚脐、块状食物、鱼、纽扣、香蕉、头发、台阶、有孔的食物、假指甲、络腮胡、浴帘、松鼠、西兰花、教皇、石膏、充气饮料、孕妇。
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