Her father locks every door in the house as he is paranoid about
being robbed.
她父亲患有妄想症，常感到家里会失窃，所以总是把每扇门都锁上。
escalate ['eskleit] v. （使）逐步升级；（使）逐步扩大
Epidemics of infectious disease can escalate into pandemics， but
do not always do so.
传染性疾病的流行能够升级至大流行疫情，但也不总是这样。
首先，不要逃避那些困扰我们的问题，要敢于面对问题。
过好每一天，想象生命在今天就要终结，因为这一天终将来到。
对于那些力所不能及的事情，不要怯于尝试，要敢于冒风险；不要踌躇不前，走出去，大胆去做。
You might get dumped， divorced， or fired， make fool of yourself in public， be afflicted with a demeaning nickname...
be afflicted with：受折磨
Your boss is picking on you， and everyone in the office is driving you crazy.
pick on：选中；挑选；批评
错了就坦诚地承认吧
If You' re Wrong， Admit It
戴尔·卡耐基 / Dale Carnegie
Within a minute' s walk of my house there was a wild stretch of virgin timber， where the blackberry thickets foamed white in the springtime， where the squirrels nested and reared their young， and the horseweeds grew as tall as a horse' s head. This unspoiled woodland was called Forest Park—and it was a forest， probably not much different in appearance from what it was when Columbus discovered America. I frequently walked in this park with Rex， my little Boston bulldog. He was a friendly， harmless little hound； and since we rarely met anyone in the park， I took Rex along without a leash or a muzzle.
One day we encountered a mounted policeman in the park， a policeman itching to show his authority.
"What do you mean by letting that dog run loose in the park without a muzzle and leash？" he reprimanded me. "Don' t you know it' s against the law？"