Overcoming My Fear-2--More Essays by Students

Here are more essays by my students on yesterday's topic, writing about their old fear. They are interesting.

提示：幾乎每個人都有特別害怕的事或物，請以自身經驗為例，寫一篇120至150個單詞(words)的英文作文。文分兩段，第一段以I used to be really afraid of…為開頭並加以發展；第二段則以To overcome this fear, I tried many different techniques.為主題句。

I used to be really afraid of sleeping alone. For me, sleeping alone was like being left alone with a big black monster. When I was left alone in bed, all I could do was wail to catch my parents’ attention. For them, sleeping with me was the best way to stop me from crying. But one day they told me that I was a big boy and needed to sleep alone. I was shocked and realized that I needed to change.

To overcome this fear, I tried many different techniques. For example, I stopped watching horror movies so that I wouldn’t be haunted by those scary scenes at midnight. Besides, I also tried having the light on to keep the “monster” at bay. Thanks to such techniques as these two, I finally conquered my fear and could sleep alone. (137 words) (31409 黃煒翔)

I used to be really afraid of my junior high school homeroom teacher. He was strict, demanding, and short-tempered. He often scolded us because of a small mistake. Strict, demanding, and short-tempered, he often scolded us because of a small mistake. Because I was a very careless person, I often annoyed and was punished by him after school. At that time, I was really scared to go to school because I was always worried that I could make mistakes and then receive punishment.

To overcome this fear, I tried many different techniques. For example, before going to school, I checked everything I had to bring to school. After school, I did my homework quickly and prepared well for the next day’s tests. I cared about all the things, such as the length of my hair, clean uniform, concentrating in class, going to school on time, etc. After all my efforts, I was seldom scolded by my teacher and no longer afraid of him. We even became good friends. (153 words) (31401 王立宇)

I used to be really afraid of dumplings. When I was little, I loved my mom’s dumplings very much, so I always had more than twenty each time. But everything changed one night. That night my mom had to work until nine o’clock and she bought some dumplings for me from a noodle stand. I excitedly started to have my dinner. Suddenly, I saw a tiny black thing inside a dumpling. I stared at it for a while, which had legs but no head! Then I felt something crisp in my mouth. I screamed so loud that the ceiling was almost broken. After that, I dreamed of a dumpling with a half cockroach every night. It made me wake up with a start several times from my sleep. I couldn’t forget the terrible dumpling and the gross feeling in my mouth. From then on, I was afraid to eat dumplings.

To overcome this fear, I tried many different techniques. For example, I ate some other delicious food, or dumplings with different fillings inside. I even made dumplings myself. After eating hundreds of delicious, roach-free dumplings, I finally conquered my fear. Now, I am no longer afraid of dumplings. (198 words) (31408 陳立軒)

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