4 To get to the top of the Empire State Building you have to take two lifts They aren't quick - the total time is 1½ minutes. 5 Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the world as they carry malaria. 6 According to statistics, flying is safer than driving or going by coach. 7 The organisation 'Doctors without Borders' makes people in difficult situations laugh. 8 At night, when you are in bed noises sound a lot louder than during the day. ★★ Complete the text about an awful holiday. What a holiday! My dad is terrified of 1 flying so we went to Spain on a coach - 33 hours! The hotel was great, but we were on the fourteenth floor. My mum refused to go in the 2 as she's claustrophobic. Luckily the hotel moved us to the second floor and she used the stairs. I had to share a room with my brother. He's scared of 3 so he slept with the lights on, but I couldn't go to sleep. Then the 4 outside woke me up at five every morning! One day, on a guided tour, we had to walk up a mountain path. My dad really doesn't like 5 and my mum decided she heard 6 the grass and went back down. We but there were tiny flying 7 was horrible! At least the 8 everyone laugh. No-one in my family is afraid of them! ✰✰✰ Can you imagine why people are afraid of these things? Write at least five sentences. Use the ideas in the box or your own ideas. they bite they move fast you could fall you could crash dangerous they attack imagine monsters wear a strange costume People are afraid of insects because they bite and have got a lot of legs.