American investors and bankers were afraid their money would drop in value because of the use of silver.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

And so, we are afraid of these things and not so afraid of these things similarly for nonhuman primates.

所以，我们害怕这些,不害怕这些,同样，灵长类。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I like the idea of... after seeing that movie, it makes you afraid to go home and go to sleep,

看完那部电影后，我就喜欢上了那种创作，它让观众不敢回家上床睡觉，

要成为导演 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And Herrera was afraid he would be forced from power if he met with the American diplomat.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Okay, have to stop there--might add a word or two-- but on Thursday we turn, I'm afraid with a certain awkwardness; I wish there were an intervening weekend, to Freud and Peter Brooks.

好的，必须在此停下了，再加一两句-,到周四我们将会，恐怕有点尴尬;,我希望会有一个周末，留给弗洛伊德和彼得，布鲁克斯。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And he made other changes, like adding the verse "we are not afraid" to offer support for the protests taking place across the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

And the answer is--And why would-- why are there so few people afraid of guns, cars, and electrical outlets?

答案是，为什么我们会-,为什么害怕枪，车和电器的人很少？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Ben was afraid and tried to answer, but his mouth was too dry to speak.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

And Hal says, as Dave begins to shut down Hal's circuits, "I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave."

当戴夫开始关闭它的电路时,哈尔说,我害怕,我害怕,戴夫

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

A more difficult hike is eight kilometers long and not for those afraid of heights.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

And I wasn't really afraid of it any more.

我不在惧怕电脑了。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He knew that Olive was afraid and he wanted to calm her fears.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

So if you try speaking with people and listening and not being afraid to try

所以，如果你试着用外语交流，说与听，不畏惧尝试，

想学会4种语言 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She was very independent and not afraid to express her thoughts and opinions.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

So in a sense it tells you this work of art is of a piece with what you already know; it's familiar in those ways, and you shouldn't be afraid of it.

在某种程度上,这告诉了你这件艺术作品,其实是你早已认识的东西;,你已经通过那些方式了解了它，不用怕它。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Some men were afraid of him because he was so rich and powerful.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

But time is ticking away and you're afraid that you might miss your movie.

时间一分一秒地过去了，你开始担心要错过电影的开场。

I need 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And for scares without the vampires, there's "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark."

VOA: special.2011.06.20

If you forget that you're afraid, it's easy. And then it becomes fun.

如果你能忘记自己的害怕，那就简单了。学习语言就变成了一种乐趣。

生存英语 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They were afraid of the Standard Oil Company and its owner,John D.Rockefeller.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

and not be afraid to, uh, to be wrong sometimes.

而且不能害怕犯错。

想学好英语吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This feeling gave Ben great strength, and he was no longer afraid.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

We are bodies that can be afraid and be creative and have dreams and aspirations.

我们是可以感到害怕,可以创造,拥有梦想和抱负的肉体

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He said most American writers and readers were "still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues."

VOA: special.2009.03.13

And it also brings us back to the lecture on behaviorism where we talked about classical conditioning and different theories of what people are afraid of.

这把我们带回到行为主义讲座中,我们谈论经典条件型反射,及人们害怕的不同理论。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And,people were afraid to say anything against Miller.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

But the presence of the dog there is a conditioned stimulus and so you grew to be afraid of dogs.

而这时狗的存在就变成了条件刺激,所以你开始对狗心生恐惧。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And across the country, Americans waited -- worried,uncertain,afraid.

VOA: special.2011.03.17

for why you became afraid of dogs is that one day a dog came up and he was a neutral stimulus.

你之所以害怕狗,是因为，某天有只狗向你跑来,狗是一个中性刺激。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And they asked children raised in the inner city, "What are you most afraid of?"

他们询问在市内长大的孩子，你们最害怕的是什么“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选