新星：什么是梦（2009）

I wake up."
然后就我醒了
From this series of dreams
从这些梦里
Zadra spots unhappiness as a recurring theme.
扎德拉发现不愉快的事情层出不穷
"when I tried to move the car the wheels just kept spinning."
当我想发动汽车时轮子就一直转
"b was getting very upset
b 很不高兴
and was telling me there was still too much snow.
不停地说雪太厚了
I got out again and everything seemed okay."
我走出去 觉得一切都很正常
"I got back in, but nothing happened,
我回去 却什么也没有发生
Just more spinning.
只是那轮子转得更快
" In fact 80 percent of this man's dreams include unhappy events.
实际上这个人80%的梦都是不愉快的事
Yet Zadra's research reveals
然而扎德拉的研究却发现
that the average occurrence of misfortune
在中年男人的梦中
in the dreams of middle-aged men is only 34 percent.
不愉快事件发生的平均概率只有34%
The other thing that really stands out with his dream series
他的梦的另一个特点是
is that almost all of the other dream characters in his dreams are women
几乎所有梦中的人物都是女性
There's an, almost an absence of male figures
几乎没有男性的出现
And the interactions he has with these women is almost invariably negative.
而且他和那些女人的交流几乎都是消极的
Again, the frequency of these negative dreams is abnormally high.
这些消极的梦频率异常的高
If I were to make an educated guess
如果要我专业估测
about what is going on in this particular man's life,
这个男人的日常生活
is that there seems to be concerns about relationship issues,
那就是他很担心人际关系问题
and also he is definitely overwhelmed by factors
这些消极因素
which are impacting him negatively
给他带来了负面的影响
but which he feels he has no control over.
而他却感到无能为力
So it came as no surprise to Zadra
所以当扎德拉在5年后得知
to learn that five years later the man divorced.
这个男人离婚的消息时也丝毫不惊讶
Zadra has worked out the norm for many dream events.
扎德拉已经研究出了很多梦境的模式
Only 20 percent of women's dreams about sex,
比如 女性梦到性♥爱♥对象是其伴侣的
for example, involve their partners,
只有百分之二十的几率
but dreaming men are worse,
但男人的情况更糟
coupling faithfully just one out of seven times.
梦中对伴侣忠诚的机率只有1/7
Thirty-three percent of our dreams involve unhappy events.
33%的梦都涉及不愉快的事
And while some dreams are outlandish,
虽然有些梦很怪异
most are more a reflection of our waking concerns.
但大部分都反映出我们清醒时的顾虑
Dreams are relatively transparent.
梦相对来说更直白
And I think there is good evidence
有力的证据表明
to suggest that dreams tend to reflect people's emotional concerns
梦常常反映人们情感上的顾虑
and also things that preoccupy them in their social lives.
和在社交生活中的态度
Preoccupations that we seem to be trying to work out as we sleep.
我们努力在梦里解决我们的当务之急
What's amazing is it looks like
奇妙的是似乎
those processes of extracting what's important,
这一过程分♥析♥出重要的部分
integrating it with our other memories
和其他的记忆结合
and projecting it into our future,
并在我们未来实现
those critical, brilliant functions of
这些人类心智
the human mind and the human brain
和大脑中重要的功能
might actually occur, not while we're awake,
可能不是在我们清醒时
not while we're trying to figure it out consciously and intentionally,
不是在我们有目的努力地去研究时发生
But, instead, while we're asleep and while we're dreaming.
而是在我们熟睡做梦时
So what is science telling us about our dreams?
科学告诉我们什么有关梦的信息
That they're a crucial tool which helps us learn;
梦是帮助我们学习的一项重要工具
A key to creativity, even survival;
对我们的创新甚至生存至关重要
A window onto our secret selves?
是透视隐秘自我的一扇窗
Throughout the long night,
历经漫漫长夜
our mind seems to be preparing us to face the coming day.
我们的大脑已经准备好去面对新的一天
The important thing is just to go through the training,
最重要的仅仅是坚持训练
and then we get all the training benefits,
才能获得训练的一切好处
even if during wakefulness
即使在清醒时
we have no idea we've been training all night.
我们也不知道整晚接受了什么训练
I think that their value lies in
我认为他们的价值在于
what a different mode of thought they are.
他们是不同形式的思想
They're so much more intuitive and visual a mode of thinking,
他们是更加本能和直观的思维方式
and in our culture we spend so much time
在我们的文化中 我们花费很多的时间
in this very logical linear mode of thinking
在这种逻辑线性的思维模式
that their main benefit
他们主要的用处是
lies in presenting such a different point of view.
提供了不同的视角
Our brain is working on figuring out the importance
我们的大脑致力于寻找
and significance of events from our days,
生活中事情的重要性和意义
how they fit together with old events in our past,
这些经历是如何与过去的旧事件相互作用
what they mean about likely events in the future.
以及他们对未来可能发生的事件的意义
And we don't know whether it's going to be fun,
而且我们不知道是否会有趣
whether it's going to be scary, whether it's going to be poignant.
或恐怖 还是会很悲惨
It's a whole new adventure, every time.
每次都是全新的冒险
So the next time you enter the elusive world of dreams,
所以当你下次进入捉摸不透的梦世界时
know that your brain may have good reason
要知道 你的大脑
to send you on these adventures of the night.
给你提供这些夜晚的冒险是有目的的