Level B2 General English

Lesson 31

Dreams And Nightmares
夢と悪夢

Most of us have had many dreams during our lifetimes and will continue to do so for the rest of our lives. In most instances, these dreams are of a nice or calm nature and they are said to take place in a very short period of time just as we are drifting off to sleep or just before waking up from sleep. Sometimes the dreams can reflect pleasant events that we have experienced during the day.

In dreams, it is as if we can see and talk to people that are part of our normal day to day life. We can dream that we are reliving wonderful experiences that we have had such as a great vacation. We might dream that we are revisiting a place or event that we enjoyed at some time in the past.

Quite often, we will have a dream that includes a person or people that we have known in the past and who have passed away. Most often if this happens it is because we have had wonderful experiences with that person or people. The dreams sometimes seem as if they are just views of something that we would like to experience such as visiting an interesting place or a far away land.