第十周自主学习内容课件.pptVIP

* 1. Introduction (Para. 1) Questions concerning dreams have puzzled human beings. 2. Dreaming and sleeping (Para. 2—3) A. When does dreaming occur? When we are in REM sleep. B. What are the main purposes of sleeping? To give us rest and to allow us to dream. 3. Possible causes of dreams (Para. 4—6) A. Physiological. Example: Sleeping with one’s feet too close to a heater may cause one to dream of walking on hot coals. B. Reflection of inner fears. 4. Dream interpretation (Para. 7—9) The earliest dream dictionary included symbols such as drinking wine to indicate a short life and drinking water to indicate a long life. B. Artemidorus’ dictionary includes symbols such as right hand (father), left hand (mother) and dolphin (a good omen). C. Most experts warn that dream interpretations should be treated with care. 1. Dreaming of walking on hot coals, for example, may well be caused by sleeping with your feet too close to a heater. (Line 25) may well + 动词… 很可能······ be very likely to 他的外貌变化很大，你也许认不出他来了。 His appearance has changed so much that you may well not recognize him． 无事可做，倒不如去睡觉。 我们既来之则安之。 There’s nothing to do，so I may as well go to bed. We might as well stay where we were． 区别: may well 作“有可能”或“也许这样”讲； may/might（just）as well 则是“倒不如”、“大可”或 “不妨”的意思，含“以······为妙”的意境色彩。 梦中在灼热的煤块上行走很可能是由于睡眠时脚太靠近取暖器引起的。 1. Dreaming of walking on hot coals, for example, may well be caused by sleeping with your feet too close to a heater. (Line 25) 2. Some people believe that dreams are total nonsense, merely the result of the misfiring of electrical impulses in the brain, while on the other hand, some read great importance into even the simplest of dreams. (Line 32) 这是一个并列句。连词while 在句中表示对比关系。前一分句讲一些人认为梦什么都不是，只是脑电波的释放。其中merely the result of the misfiring of electrical impulses in the brain 与nonsense 并列作 believe后面宾语从句的表语。后一分句讲另一部分人则相反，能从梦中推断出很重要的寓意。 他似