Level B2 General English
Lesson 31
Dreams And Nightmares
夢と悪夢

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TOPIC QUESTION
今日のトピック

What was the nicest dream that you can remember?
覚えている中で、一番素敵な夢は何ですか?

2
ARTICLE
記事

Directions: Read the following article aloud.
課題: 以下の記事をはっきりとした声で音読しましょう。
Your Nice Dreams

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.

3
VOCABULARY
語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.
課題: 先生の後に続いてくり返した後、今度はひとりで発音してみましょう。

calm
穏やかな
lifetimes
一生涯
pleasant
楽しい
reliving
〜を追体験する
nature
特質
wonderful
素晴らしい
experience
経験

4
QUESTIONS
質問

Directions: Read the questions aloud and answer them.
課題: 質問を声に出して読んだ後、答えてみましょう。

1. At what point in our sleep pattern do dreams occur?
2. What are some things we dream about?
3. Do we dream about people in nice dreams and why?
4. Do you think that dreams have meanings or are trying to tell us something?