2018-12-13 雅思听力004 梦（3/4）

Do you sometimes have dreams about falling? Yes. It is a common type of dream too. Dreams about falling are very common with about 75% scoring average.
你会偶尔梦到摔倒么？ 会的。这也是种常见的梦。平均75%的人梦到过摔倒。

The most frequently reported is one in which typically one trips over something, stumbles or falls and wakes up with a jump.
最常见的就是梦到绊倒、踉跄或者摔倒，然后惊醒。

How do you explain this? Psychologists now believe that these dreams do not have any great emotional significance, but are merely due to muscular spasms which take place on the threshold between consciousness and sleep.
那这个怎么解释？ 心理学家目前认为，这些梦不会对精神造成什么影响，只是单纯由肌肉痉挛而产生的。

Well, dreams about flying or floating in the air are often considered to be related to an unconscious wish to escape from something.
我们在清醒和睡眠的临界点时就容易痉挛。梦到飞或者在空中悬浮的话，一般是被认为和无意识的想逃离某物有关。

They are in fact about reported by about 50% of dreamers. Dreams about the sea are also common.
事实上，有50%的人梦到过。梦到大海也很常见，

Women, 40%, are far more likely to experience than men, 27%. What other kinds of dreams women experience more than men?
女人有40%，男人有27%。 那还有其他什么梦女人比男人更容易梦到么？

Dreams about famous people. Women are more likely to dream about famous people, politicians, pop stars, film stars and the like, 33%, than men, 27%.
梦到名人啊。女人更容易梦到名人、政客、歌手、演员等。33％的女人都梦到过，而男人中只有27%梦到过。

One very common dream, which almost certainly falls into the wish fulfillment category, is when people report that they are actually meeting famous people in their dreams.
有种非常常见的梦，我们把它归于“梦想的达成”这一栏，那就是人们会在梦中与名人会面。