Level B2 General English

Lesson 34

Dreams And Nightmares
夢と悪夢

When we were children, we all had dreams from time to time about what we wanted to be when we grew up. At a very young age, they would be about one thing and then as we grew older they would change to something else. A small boy, for example, might dream that he wanted to be an action hero and later on a soldier or a policeman. A young girl might dream that she wants to be a princess and then later a movie star.

It is a natural thing for us all to have aspirations or dreams of what we would like to have or be. We can watch the Olympics and dream that it is us on the podium receiving the gold medal. In our dream we probably hear the crowds of people cheering for us as we go on to win the event. It is dreams such as these that can sometimes be the trigger to motivate us to do the best that we can do in our lives.

For some of us our childhood dreams do come true, however, it sometimes takes longer than we had imagined it would take. For others, the path taken may never be the one that we pictured in our dreams but perhaps some small portion of the dream may come true. We may not win a medal or be a star but still achieve greatness in what we choose to do.