大学英语精读3(第三版)英汉互译Unit08

大学英语精读3(第三版)英汉互译

　　Daydreaming has always had a bad reputation, but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity. It can even help you achieve your desired goals.

　　白日梦的名声一向不好，但现在科学研究已揭示，白日做梦也许真能增进心理健康和提高创造力，白日做梦甚至可帮助你实现你渴望达到的目标。

　　Daydream a Little Eugene Raudsepp

　　做点白日梦　尤金·罗德塞普

　　"Daydreaming again, Barb? You'll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way! Can't you find something useful to do?"

　　“又在白日做梦啦，巴勃? 你要是老这样消磨时间，你将一事无成! 难道你就不能找点有益的事做吗?”

　　Many youngsters have heard words like those from their parents. And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one. Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.

　　许多年轻人都听到他们的父母讲过类似的话。直到最近，这种对白日做梦的敌视态度仍是人们最常见的态度。白日做梦被视为浪费时间，或被看成是逃避现实生活及其责任的一种不健康的倾向。但现在有人对此持一种新的见解。有些人认为，白日做梦或许是一件十分有益于健康的事情。

　　Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way that attitudes towards night dreaming have changed. Once it was thought that nighttime dreams interfered with our needed rest. But then researchers tried interrupting the dreams of sleepers. They learned that sleepers who aren't allowed to dream lose the benefits of rest. They become tense and anxious. They become irritable. They have trouble concentrating. Their mental health is temporarily damaged. To feel well again, they must be allowed to dream.

　　人们对白日做梦的态度正在改变，这与人们对夜间做梦的看法的变化有非常相似之处。人们曾一度以为夜间做梦干扰我们所需的休息。后来，研究人员设法打断睡眠者的梦。他们获悉不让睡眠者做梦，他们反而得不到有益的休息。这些人变得紧张不安，烦躁易怒。他们的注意力难以集中。他们会暂时在精神上受到损害。要恢复健康，就得让他们做梦。

　　Now researchers are finding that daydreaming may also be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, is a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A numbe
r of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some surprising conclusions.

　　如今研究人员正发现白日做梦对人的精神可能也有重要的影响。他们说，白日做梦是一种很好的休息方式。

大学英语精读3(第三版)英汉互译

其好处还不止于此。一些心理学家已经进行过试验，并得出一些令人吃惊的结论。

　　Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves concentration, attention span, and the ability to get along with others, she says. In an experiment with school children, this same researcher found that daydreaming led the children to pay more attention to detail. They had more happy feelings. They worked together better. Another researcher reported that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative abilities.

　　琼·T·弗赖伯格博士得出结论说，白日做梦有助于智力的发展。她说，白日做梦还能使人更加专注，延长注意力集中的时间，并改善与别人相处的能力。在对上学的儿童进行的一项试验中，这位研究人员还发现白日做梦使孩子们更加注意细节。他们的精神更加愉快。他们相互间合作得更好。另一名研究人员报告说，白日做梦似乎能改善自我克制力与创造力。

　　But that's only part of the story. The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its usefulness in shaping our future lives as we want them to be. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. He maintained that "you can imagine your future." Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured himself as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came true.

　　但这些仅是一部分情况。有关白日做梦的最引人注目的事情，或许是它在按我们自己的意愿创造未来生活方面所起的有益作用。工业家亨利·J·凯泽相信，他的成功相当程度上应归功于积极利用白日做梦。他坚持说:“你尽可以想象自己的未来。”佛洛伦斯·南丁格尔曾梦想成为护士。年轻的托马斯·爱迪生也曾把自己想象成一位发明家。对这些著名的成功者来说，似乎他们的白日梦统统变成了现实。

　　Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick believed that the way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out. He offered this advice: "Hold a picture of yourself ... in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated, and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning, and that will contribute immeasurably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift ..."

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默森·福斯迪克博士相信，我们想象自己成为什么样的人，结果往往就成为什么样的人。他劝告说:“在你的心目中树立起一个你自己的形象……，这样，你就会向这个形象靠拢。倘使你把自己惟妙惟肖地想象成一个失败者，单这一点就会使胜利化为泡影。你若把自己想象成一个胜利者，这将对你的成功起到不可估

大学英语精读3(第三版)英汉互译

量的作用。如果你心目中没有一个确立的形象，你就会随波逐流……”

　　The experiences of some athletes seem to confirm this belief. For instance, John Uelses, a former pole-vaulting champion, used daydreaming techniques before each meet. He would imagine himself winning. He would vividly picture himself clearing the bar at a certain height. He would go over all the details in his mind. He would picture the stadium and the crowds. He'd even imagine the smell of the grass and the earth. He said that this exercise of the imagination left memory traces in his mind that would later help his actual perform …… 此处隐藏：4465字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……