17. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night,progressing toward happier ones before awakening,suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day.

【譯文】 多數人似乎在入睡初期做更多不好的夢，而在快睡醒前會逐漸做開心一些的夢，這說明人們會在夢里排解白天的負面情緒。

【析句】 Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night是句子的主干，后面跟了兩個現在分詞結構progressing toward…和suggesting that …，都是作伴隨狀語，但是第一個現在分詞結構的邏輯主語是most people，而第二個的邏輯主語是suggesting前面的所有句子成分。另外，在suggesting的賓語從句中，過去分詞結構generated during the day 作后置定語，修飾前面的feelings。

【講詞】 progress作動詞表示“進展”。Our company cannot progress until we employ more people.（我們公司只有雇用更多的人才能發展。）

generate的意思是“產生，形成，生成”：computer�瞘enerated imagery（計算機生成的圖像）。When coal burns,it generates heat.（煤在燃燒時產生熱量。）The situation generated widespread dissatisfaction with the peace process.（這種形勢導致人們對和平進程普遍感到不滿。）

18. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don�餿 always think about the emotional significance of the day�餾 events—until,it appears,we begin to dream.

【譯文】 因為我們的意識為日�，嵤滤�占據，所以我們不會總是考慮白天發生的事情對情緒的影響，直到我們開始做夢，這種影響似乎才出現。

【析句】 本句是一個表示關系的復合句,Because引導原因狀語從句，主句是we don�餿 always think about the emotional significance of the day�餾 events。破折號后面的until引導一個時間狀語從句，其中it appears 是插入語。

【講詞】 occupy除了常見的意思“占領”以外，還表示“占用”。As I was full occupied with my own thinking,I did not hear the teacher calling my name.（我一門心思想著事，沒有聽到老師叫我的名字。）I was occupied with preparing for the postgraduate examinations.（我一門心思準備考研。）

significance意為“意義，含義，重要性”。It was not until the early 18th century that the significance of the event was generally realized.(直到18世紀初，人們才普遍認識到這一事件的意義。）Proper methods are needed to determine the significance of these changes.（需要恰當的方式才能確定這些變化的重要性。）

19. At the end of the day,there�餾 probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from slee�瞤ing or “we wake up in panic,” Cartwright says.

【譯文】 卡特萊特說，說到底，只要夢不使我們無法睡眠或“從夢中驚醒”，就沒有多少理由在意所做的夢。

【析句】 At the end of the day在句中作狀語。句子的主句there�餾 probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all，后面的unless 引導條件狀語從句，其中包含兩個以or連接的并列分句。

【講詞】 reason是一個常用詞，多用作名詞，也可用作動詞。There�餾 a great deal of reason in his advice.（他的忠告極有道理。）有或沒有理由去做什么事，都可以套用reason來表達。You have no reason to treat him like that.（你沒有理由那么對他。）reason作動詞表示“與……理論（講道理），辯論，說服，推斷”。He reasoned out a solution to the problem.(他經過推斷，找出了解決問題的辦法。)

at the end of the day意為“最終；說到底；歸根結底”。At the end of the day,a leader�餾 job is to get results.（領導的職責說到底就是要拿出成績來。）At the end of the day people will learn to be more tolerant of people who don�餿 see the world the same way.（人們最終將學會更加寬容那些世界觀與我們不盡相同的人。）