Unit8,DaydreamALittle,1,Introductoryremarks,Weoftenhearparentsscoldtheirchildrenfordaydreaming.Andweoftenhearteachersaskthequestion“John,areyoudaydreaming?”withimpliedcriticism.Peopleusuallytakeahostileattitudetowardsdaydreamingbecausetheythinkdaydreamingisawasteoftimeanditcanbeanescape.Butdaydreamingcanalsodousalotofgood.Inthisunit,theauthortellsussomeoftheconclusionsresearchershavereachedaboutdaydreaming,conclusionsthatmaybeverysurprisingtomostofus.,2,II.Warm-upquestions,Whydopeopletakeahostileattitudetowardsdaydreaming?(becausetheythinkthatdaydreamingisawasteoftime,anescapefromreallifeanditsduties.)Whathappensifapersonisnotallowedtodreaminhissleep?(Hebecomestenseandanxious.Hebecomesirritable.Hehastroubleconcentratingandhismentalhealthistemporarilydamaged.Inshort,hecannotgetthebenefitsofrest.),3,Whatarethebenefitsofdaydreamingaccordingtoresearchers?-Itsagoodmeansofrelaxationandimportanttomentalhealth;-Itcontributestointellectualgrowth;-Itimprovesconcentration,attentionspan,andtheabilitytogetalongwithothers;-Itleadschildrentopaymoreattentiontodetail;-Itmakeschildrenfeelhappierandworktogetherbetter;-Itseemstoproduceimprovedself-controlandcreativeabilities;-Itsusefulinshapingourfuturelivesaswewantthemtobe.,4,WhywouldpositivedaydreaminghelpproducerealsuccessaccordingtoDr.Maltz?(accordingtoDr.Maltz,ournervoussystemcannottellthedifferencebetweenanimaginedexperienceandarealone.Inbothcases,itreactsautomaticallytoinformationthatwegiveit.Anditreactstowhatwethinkorimaginetobetrue.Besides,daydreamingbuildsnew“memories”inthebrain.Thesepositivememoriesimproveourself-image,andthisimprovedself-imagemayhelpbringaboutrealsuccess.),5,Whatistheprocedureofcreativedaydreaming?-chooseatimewhenyoucanbealoneandundisturbed;-closeyoureyes;-letyourimaginationsoarfreely;-pictureyourselfasvividlyaspossiblethewayyouwanttobe;-pictureyourdesiredgoalsasifyouhadalreadyattainedthem;-gooverallthedetailsofthispicture;-seethemclearlyandsharply;-impressthemstronglyonyourmemory.,6,Isdaydreamingallyouhavetodoinordertoattainyourdesiredgoals?(no.inordertoattainyourdesiredgoalsyouhavetocombinecreativedaydreamingwithhardworkandothermethodsofself-development.)Whyisitworthwhiletosetasideafewminuteseachdayfordaydreaming?(becauseitmayimproveyourphysicalandmentalhealth,addmuchtotheexcitementandenjoymentofyourlifeandevenhelpyouattainyourdesiredgoals.),7,PartDivisionoftheText,Part1(1-3)Attitudestowardsdaydreamingarechanging.Part2(4-5)thebenefitsofdaydreamingPart3(6-8)Daydreamingisusefulinshapingourfuturelives.Part4(9-10)thereasonwhyamentalvisionofsuccesswouldhelptoproducerealsuccessPart5(11-12)theproceduresorthestepsofhowtodaydreamPart6(13-14)Daydreamalittleeachdaybutnotbetoodependentonit.,8,Languagepoints,amountto:developinto,becomeWithherintelligenceandtalents,sheshouldamounttosomethingwhenshegrowsup.adduptoThedebtamountsto$onebillion,andthecompanyisabouttogobankrupt.(3)beequalto,9,他的建議等于是說工作還有改進(jìn)的余地。Hissuggestionamountstosayingthatthereisstillroomforimprovementinthework.hostile:unfriendly;showingagreatamountofdislikeYoucantblameyoursonforbeingsohostiletowards/toyouafterthewayyoutreatedhim.hostilityCf.behospitabletosb.hospitality,10,viewas:thinkas;regardasinviewof鑒于，考慮到，由于Inviewofhisyouth,eintoview進(jìn)入視野Theseacameintoviewaswecameoutoftheforest.withaviewto為了要，希望Hesstartedwalkingtoworkwithaviewtocuttingdownexpenses.,11,Attitudestowardsdaydreamingarechanginginmuchthesamewaythatattitudestowardsnightdreaminghavechanged.人們對(duì)白日做夢(mèng)的態(tài)度正在改變，這與人們對(duì)夜間做夢(mèng)的看法的變化有非常相似之處。interfereinterferewith:hinder,beanobstacleto,affect阻礙，影響Ihopethatthismisunderstandingwillnotinterferewithourfriendship.,12,Derferein:takepartinitwithoutbeingwanted干預(yù)，干涉Somepeoplebelieveitsnotthechurchsjobtointerfereinpolitics.,13,gobeyond:exceed,surpassTheresultsoftheexperimenthavegonebeyondtheirexpectations.Onhearingourdecision,hisangerwentbeyondallreason.一聽到我們的決定，他就憤怒得失去理智了。,14,conduct/carryout/make/performexperimentsreach/cometo/arriveat/drawconclusionsDr.JoanT.Freyberghasconcludedthatdaydreamingcontributestointellectualgrowth.1)intellectualgrowth:thedevelopmentofintelligence,15,2)contributeto:helptobringabout促成Imsureyoursuggestionswillcontributetosolvingtheproblem.你的及時(shí)幫助大大有助于我們的成功。Yourtimelyhelpcontributedgreatlytooursuccess.,16,(2)givemoney,help,ideas,etc.tosth.thatalotofotherpeoplearealsoinvolvedin貢獻(xiàn)，捐助Herfamilyhavecontributed$50,000tothefund.contributionIndoingsoyouwillmakeasubstantialcontributiontoyourcollege.,17,Butthatsonlypartofthestory.story:asituationorstateofaffairsTheoutsideofthehouseisbeautifullydecorated,anditsthesamestoryinside.HecanspeakEnglishwell,butwriteitthatsquiteanotherstoryheshopelessatthat.,18,maintain:(1)continuetobelieveandclaim堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為Somepeoplemaintainthatthewideninggapbetweentherichandthepoorisresponsiblefortherisingcrimerate.(2)keepup保持，維持Despitelivingindifferentcountries,thetwofamilieshavemaintainedcloselinks.,19,20,21,Holdapictureofyourself.inyourmindseye,andyouwillbedrawntowardit.在你的心目中樹立起一個(gè)你自己的形象，這樣，你就會(huì)向這個(g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