It's a bit like going to the dentist; it's never as bad as you fear.

这有点像去看牙医，它决不像你所担心的那样糟糕。

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When you fear, you may lose control over your thoughts and actions. Even if you try to study, perhaps you won't get anything in your head.

当你害怕时，你可能会失去对你的思想和行为的控制。即使你试图学习，也许你的头脑中也不会有任何东西。

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"If senators refuse to debate about a profound crisis affecting every single citizen, the nation must ask 'What do you fear?' ,'And whose voice do you speak and whose interest do you vote?" Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky disagreed, saying the bill will make soaring health care costs go even higher, and place a greater burden on average Americans.

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And what I want to read to you is this passage on page 7: I was lost in a fog of fear.

我想给大家,念一下第七页：,“我在充满恐惧的迷雾中迷失。

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Hal is behaving in exactly the way you would expect him to behave, or it to behave, if it felt fear.

哈尔准确地表现出你所期望他,或称为它,理应表现的行为方式,如果它确实感到恐惧的话

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But today I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come.

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After all, if you fear heading to Mexico, how do you feel about the southern US?

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