大学英语精读3双语版 (8)

Unit eight Text
第八单元 课文
Daydreaming has always had a bad reputation,
白日梦一直都有一个不好的名声，
but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity.
但是现在的科学研究已经显示，白日梦实际上能够提高你的智力和创造力。
It can even help you achieve your desired goals.
它甚至能帮你取得你渴望已久的梦想。
DAYDREAM A LITTLE
做点白日梦
"Daydreaming again,Barb?
“又在白日做梦啦，巴勃？
You'll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way!
你要是老这样消磨时间，你将一事无成！
Can't you find something useful to do?"
难道你就不能找点有益的事做吗？
Many youngsters have heard words like those from their parents.
许多年轻人都听到他们的父母讲过类似的话。
And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one.
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。
Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time.
白日做梦被视为浪费时间，
Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties.
或被看成是逃避现实生活及其责任的一种不健康的倾向。
But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming.
但现在有人对此持一种新的见解。
Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.
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.
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。
Once it was thought that nighttime dreams interfered with our needed rest.
人们曾一度以为夜间做梦干扰我们所需的休息。
But then researchers tried interrupting the dreams of sleepers.
后来，研究人员设法打断睡眠者的梦。
They learned that sleepers who aren't allowed to dream lose the benefits of rest.
他们获悉不让睡眠者做梦，他们反而得不到有益的休息。
They become tense and anxious.
这些人变得紧张不安，
They become irritable.
烦燥易怒。
They have trouble concentrating.
他们的注意力难以集中。
Their mental health is temporarily damaged.
他们会暂时在精神上受到损害。
To feel well again,
要恢复健康，
they must be allowed to dream.
就得让他们做梦。
Now researchers are finding that daydreaming may also be important to mental health.
如今研究人员正在发现白日做梦对人的精神可能也有重要的影响。
Daydreaming, they tell us, is a good means of relaxation.
他们说，白日做梦是一种很好的休息方式。
But its benefits go beyond this.
其好处还不止于此。
A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some surprising conc

lusions
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 other,she says.
琼·Ｔ·费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。
In an experiment with school children,
在对上学的儿童进行的一项试验中，
this same researcher found that daydreaming led the children to pay more attention to detail.
这位研究人员还发现白日做梦使孩子们更加注意细节。
They had more happy feelings.
他们的精神更加愉快。
They worked together better.
他们相互间合作得更好。
Another researcher reported that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative abilities.
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.
但这些仅是一部分情况。
The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its usefulness in shaping our future lives as we want them to be.
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。
Industrialist Henry J.Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming.
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。
He maintained that "you can imagine your future."Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse.
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。
The young Thomas Edison pictured himself as an inventor. for these notable achievers,it appears that their daydreams came ture.
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. Herry Emerson Fosdick believed that the way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out.
哈里·埃默森·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。
He offered this advice;
他劝告说：
"Hold a picture of yourself...
“在你的心目中树立起一个你自己的形象．．．．．．
in your mind's eye,
这样，
and you will be drawn toward it.
你就会向这个形象靠拢。
Picture yourself vividly as defeated,
倘使你把自己维妙维肖地想象成一个失败者，
and that alone will make victory impossible.
单这一点就会使胜利化为泡影。
Picture yourself as winning,
你若把自己想象成一个胜利者，
and that will contribute immeasurably to success.
这将对你的成功起到不可估量的作用。
Don not Picture yourself as anything,and you wil

l drift...
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.
一些运动员的经历似乎证实了这种看法。
For instance, Johu Uelses,
例如，约翰尤尔塞斯，
a former pole-vaulting champion,
前撑竿跳冠军，
used daydreaming techniques before each meet.
每次比赛前都使用白日做梦的技术。
He would imagine himself winning.
他想象自己赢得胜利。
He would vividly picture himself clearing the bar at a certain height.
他逼真地想象自己在某一高度是怎样越过横竿的。
He would go over all the details in his mind.
他会把所有的细节一一地在脑海里审察一遍。
He would picture the stadium and the crowds.
他会想象到体育场和观众的情景。
He'd even imagine the smell of the grass and the earth.
他甚至想象出草坪和泥土发出的气味。
He said that this exercise of the imagination left memory traces in his mind that would later help his actual performance.
他说，这种想象力的运动在脑子里留下记忆痕迹。这些记忆痕迹将有助于他的临场发挥。
Why would a mental vision of success help produce real success?
为什么脑子里的一个成功形象会有助于取得实际的成功？
Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a surgeon and author,says this:
身为外科医生兼作家的马克斯韦尔·莫尔茨博士是这样解释的：
"Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a real experience.
“你的精神系统不能区别想象的经历和实际的经历。
In either case it reacts automatically.
无论哪种情况，它都自动地
to information that you give it...
对你给的信息作出反应．．．．．．
It reacts appropriately to what you think or imagine to be true."
它对你信以为真或想象为实的情况作出恰当的反应。”
He believes that purposeful daydreaming builds new "memories" in the brain.
他相信，有目的的白日做梦在脑子里建立起新的“记忆”。
These positive memories improve a person's self-image. And self-image has an important effect on a person's action and accomplishments.
这些积极的记忆可以改善一个人的自我形象。而自我形象对一个人的行动和成就有着重要的影响。
Can you use purposeful daydreaming to shape your own future?
你会利用有意识的白日做梦来创造自己的前程吗？
Why not try?
你不妨试一试。
Here is how those who believe in creative daydreaming recommend going about it.
下面是那些相信白日做梦的创造性的人推荐的方法。
Choose a time when you can be alone and undisturbed.
选一个你能独自一人不受打扰的时间。
Close your eyes, to permit your imagination to soar more freely
闭上你的眼睛，让你的想象力更加自由地翱翔。
Many people find that they get best results by pretending tha

t they are sitting before a large screen.
许多人发现，如果假想自己坐在一个大的屏幕前，则可以获得最佳效果。
They project the desired of themselves onto that screen.
他们可以将自己的理想的形象放映到这个屏幕上。
Now picture yourself- as vividly as possible-the way you want to be.
现在你就来尽可能生动地按你所希望的那样想象一下你自己吧。
Remember to picture your desired goals as if you had already attained them.
记住将你想象的目的想象成似乎你已达到了。
Go over all the details of this picture.
仔细琢磨一番这一图象的全部细节。
See them clearly and sharply.
每一个细节都要看得清楚、明晰。
Impress them strongly on your memory.
将这些细节深深地刻印在你的记忆里。
The resulting memory traces will supposedly start affecting your everyday life.
这样生成的记忆痕迹，据信会影响你的日常生活。
They will help lead you to the attainment of your goals.
它们将帮助把你引向你要达到的目标。
Of course daydreaming is no substitute for hard work.
当然，白日做梦绝不能代替艰苦的努力。
If it's athletic achievement you want,
如果你要在运动上有所成就，
you also have to get lots of practice in your sport.
你还得进行大量的练习。
You have to work hard to develop skills.
你得努力提高技术。
If it's school success you're after,
如果你要学业优异，
you can't neglect studying.
你绝不能忽视学习。
Daydreaming alone can't turn you into your heart's desire.
单是白日做梦不能使你功成名就，如愿以偿。
But in combination with the more usual methods of selfdevelopment,
但与较为通常的自我提高的方法结合起来，
it might make a critical difference.
它就有可能起关键性的作用。
It could be the difference between becoming merely good at something and becoming a champion.
是仅仅干得好一些，还是成为冠军，其差别往往在此一举。
If what researchers are saying is true,
假如研究人员所说的是真的，
a life lived without fantasies and daydreams isn't as rich and rewarding as life can be.
那么没有想入非非、白日做梦的生活就不可能是丰富多彩和富有成就的。
So they suggest setting aside a few minutes each day for daydreaming.
因此研究人员建议每天留出几分钟用于白日做梦。
By so doing, you may improve your physical and mental well being .
这样做，可以改善你的身心健康。
By taking a ten or fifteen minute "vacation" into the realm of imagination each day,
每天放上１０分钟或１５分钟的“假”，到想象的王国里去遨游一番，
you may add much to the excitement and enjoyment of your life.
可以为你的生活增添许多兴奋和乐趣。
And who knows:You might see your own daydreams come true.
说不定你真的会见到你的白日梦成为现实

呢。
hostile a.
敌对的
view vt.
观察，察看
escape v.
逃跑；逃避
nighttime a.
夜间
interfere vi.
干涉；妨碍
interference n.
冲突，干涉
researcher n.
研究员
benefit n.
益处
tense a.
紧张的
irritable a.
易怒的，急躁的
means n.
手段，方法
psychologist n.
心理学家
contribute vi.
贡献
growth n.
生长，种植
concentration n.
集中，集合
span n.
一段时间
self-control n.
克已，自制
creative a.
创造性的
remarkable a.
显著的；非凡的
shape vt.
形成，塑造
industrialist n.
工业家，实业家
maintain vt.
断言；维持
picture vt.
画，描绘
inventor n.
发明家
notable a.
著名的；值得注意的
achiever v.
完成，达到
vividly ad.
生动地，逼真地
vivid a.
生动的，鲜明的
immeasurably ad.
无限制地
drift vi.
漂（流）
athlete a.
运动员
pole-vaulting n.
撑竿跳
champion n.
冠军
meet n.
会，集会
clear vt.
扫除，清除
bar n.
横竿；杆；条状物
stadium n.
露天体育场
trace n.
痕迹
memory trace
记忆痕（脑部吸收或记忆信息时所产生的化学变化）
vision n.
想象（力）
automatically ad.
自动地；无意识地
automatic a.
自动的，机械的
appropriately ad.
适当地
appropriate a.
适当的
purposeful a.
有目的的
self-image n.
自我形象
accomplishment n.
成就
recommend vt.
建议；推荐
soar vo.
翱翔；升腾
screen n.
银幕；屏幕
project vt.
映，投射
goal n.
目标
attain vt.
获得；达到
supposedly ad.
想像上，按照推测
affect vt.
影响
attainment n.
达到
substitute n.
代替者；代用品
athletic a.
运动的
achievement n.
成就
after prep.
在……之后
neglect vt.
忽视
combination n.
结合
method n.
方法
merely ad.
仅仅，只，不过
well-being n.
康乐；安康
vacation n.
假期，休假
realm n.
领域；王国
enjoyment n.
快乐，享乐
amount to
总计
interfere with
干扰；妨碍
contribute to
有助于
get along with
进展，走开，别胡扯
due to
由于，应归于
come true
实现，达到
go about
着手做
barb
巴勃（女子名，Barbara的昵称）
Joan T.Freyberg
琼·T·弗赖伯格
Kaiser
凯泽（姓氏）
Florence Nightingale
佛洛伦斯·南丁格尔
Fosdick
福斯迪克（姓氏）
Uelses
尤尔塞斯（姓氏）
Maxwell Maltz
马克斯韦尔·莫尔茨