Unit 12

104. Until recently daydreaming was generally considered either a waste of time or a symptom of neurotic tendencies.

105. At its best，daydreaming was considered a compensatory substitute for the real things in life.

106. As with anything carried to excess，daydreaming can be harmful.

107. There is a growing body of evidence to support the fact that most people suffer from a lack of daydreaming rather than an excess of it.

108. Daydreaming significantly contributes to intellectual growth，power of concentration，and the ability to interact and communicate with others.

109. Daydreaming resulted in improved self-control and enhanced creative thinking ability.

110. Contrary to popular belief，constant and conscious effort at solving a problem is，in reality，one of the most inefficient ways of coping with it.

111. Whenever confronted with a task which seemed too hard to be dealt with，he would stretch out on his laboratory sofa and let fantasies flood his mind.

112. The important thing to remember is to picture these desired objectives as if you had already attained them.

113. Daydreaming is highly beneficial to your physical and mental well-being.

114. Escape being impossible，the rabbit turned to confront the dog.

115. The difficulties that confront us cannot be overcome.

Unit 13

116. He cannot be really happy if he is compelled by society to do what he does not enjoy doing，or if what he enjoys doing is ignored by society as of no value or importance.

117. In a society where slavery in the strict sense has been abolished，the sign that what a man does is of social value is that he is paid money to do it.

118. What from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his own point of view voluntary play.

119. Whether a job is to be classified as labor or work depends，not on the job itself，but on the tastes of the individual who undertakes it.

120. It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population，that is to say，its laborers，will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy.

121. The masses are more likely to replace an unchanging ritual by fashion which it will be in the economic interest of certain people to change as often as possible.

122. Workers seldom commit acts of violence，because they can put their aggression into their work，be it physical like the work of a smith，or mental like the work of a scientist or an artist.

123. They were often compelled to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.

124. The police undertook detailed and comprehensive investigations into the case.