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Some people say that they never dream. But that is not possible. Everybody has dreams. Every one and a half hours throughout the night we live our private fantasies in our dreams. But as soon as we wake, the dream starts to melt, and the more we try to remember the details, the more we forget.

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  1. Some people say that they never dream. But that is not possible. Everybody has dreams. Every one and a half hours throughout the night we live our private fantasies in our dreams. But as soon as we wake, the dream starts to melt, and the more we try to remember the details, the more we forget. So, why do we dream? Are dreams important? The experts tell us that they are, the images in our dreams have special meaning, and they can help us to understand our inner personality.

  2. Additional activity The Dream Game • Play the dream game in groups of four. • Take turns to read the questions aloud. Answer the questions one by one. • Read the interpretation. • Discuss with the whole class. Do you agree or disagree with the interpretation of your personality?

  3. Play the dream game • You are asleep and you are dreaming. In your dream you find yourself in your perfect house. What is it like? Describe it in detail. • Now you are walking along a narrow path. Suddenly you find a cup/glass/drinking vessel on the ground in front of you. What is it like? What is in it? • Now the path ends and you are walking in a wood. You walk quite a long way until you find a clearing. In the middle of the clearing is a building. What sort of building is it? >>

  4. 4. Around the building is a garden. Describe the garden. 5. You walk of the garden and through the wood. At the edge of the wood there is a wall. The wall is too high to climb over, and it is too long to walk round. Suddenly you notice a small door in the wall. It slowly opens as you watch. What do you do? Do you go through the door? 6. On the other side of the wall is water. What does it look like? Do you want to swim in it?

  5. Interpretation The house The house is your idea of yourself. If your house is old, you probably do not like change, you like traditional things. If your house is large, it means you are quite confident, with a high opinion of yourself. If it is filled with light, you are optimistic. If it is dark, you are pessimistic. The number of rooms is the number of people you want in your life.

  6. The cup The cup is your ideal of love. The more beautiful and valuable the cup, the more important love is in your life. The contents of the cup show what your experience of love has been so far.

  7. The building The building is your idea of religion and God. A strong building is a strong belief. A ruin would mean a lack of belief.

  8. The garden This is your idea of the world around you, your country, or the whole world. If the plants and flowers in your garden are dying, this might mean that you are worried about the environment and pollution in the world.

  9. The Wall This is your idea of death. Is it the end or is there something after it? Do you go straight through the little door? Do you look and check before you go? Or don’t you want to go through at all?

  10. The water The water is your idea of your future. If there is a sea with big waves, you feel positive and excited about your future. If you want to swim, you feel confident and want to take risks. If the water is a stagnant pool, you might fear your future and the future of the world.

  11. Are you a good dream interpreter? Step 1: Close your book. Step 2: Work in groups of six. Step 3: Share your interpretations of the dreams on next pages. Step 4: Compare your interpretations to the answer. Step 5: Who is the best dream interpreter?

  12. What’s your interpretation? Talking point Answer Cars symbolize power and status. If you dream you are on a journey it might represent concerns about where your life is going. But who is in the driving seat? Driving >>

  13. What’s your interpretation? Talking point Answer If you dream you are taking an exam, it could mean you feel you are being tested or be a sign of anxiety. It may be a reflection of your self-esteem or confidence or that you are worried about people’s expectations of you. Exams >>

  14. What’s your interpretation? Talking point Answer Dreaming of falling could mean you are afraid of letting go of something or someone, or of losing control in a situation. Falling >>

  15. What’s your interpretation? Talking point Answer Dreaming about flying might mean you are searching for something new. It usually is a positive sign and means you can overcome problems and find happiness. Flying >>

  16. What’s your interpretation? Answer Different rooms in a house could mean varying emotions, ideas or different parts of yourself that you haven’t yet discovered. Seeing a house demolished indicates sadness about something you’ve lost. Houses

  17. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 Have you ever dreamed about any of these things? 2 How often do you remember your dreams? 3 Do you think dreams mean anything at all? 4 Have you discovered anything about yourself from your dreams? Example answers

  18. Song Appreciation The Dream By Boy George Talking point Like Alice in WonderlandThe dream takes you by the handInside emotions that you might not feelIf by some notion the dream was not realThe dreamThe dreamThe dream >>>

  19. Watching the colors as they runFigures in mould like the sunLovers can dreamDevils can dreamYou may be nowhere until you have seenThe dreamThe dreamThe dream >>> Talking point

  20. Oh what have I done? Close my eyes and I dream of some world It could be magic It could be tragic Dream Dream The dream The dream The dream

  21. Example answers 1Yes. I think so. But I cannot remember them exactly when I wake up. 2 • Not very often. Sometimes I remember the last bit and sometimes I just remember a good or bad feeling when I wake up. • Well, I think I remember quite a lot and I can tell my friends my funny, scary or weird dreams. >>

  22. Example answers 3• Yes. I strongly believe so. Once I dreamed that I fell from the sky and a few days later, I had a bad accident and broke my leg. So I think my dreams predict my future. • You believe in dreams? I certainly don’t believe in them. If you read books and search online about interpretations of dreams, you can see that there are so many interpretations of the same dream: They can’t all be true, can they? >>

  23. Example answers 4 • Yes. If I am not happy, I always have the same kind of dreams. So I will try to make myself happy, then I won’t have that kind of dreams. • I would also say that dreams do help me to discover something about myself, which is that I know I am tired if I remember my dreams. Back

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