基础训练篇（14）

Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __1_____________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very __2______________ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, __3__________(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go    4   _____    this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some      __5__  ______ (surprise) conclusions.

Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes __6____intellectual growth. It also improves  7  ____    (concentrate), attention span, and the ability to get  8      ____   with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured    9   __    __   as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears  10       their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.