A few months ago, a strange thing {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (发生) in my life. I heard a strange {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (噪音) outside the window every night. I was scared and didn't know what to do. I thought there might be a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (小偷) standing outside the window. I asked my parents to see what it was. But they didn't find {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (任何东西). They thought it might be the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (风). But I didn't think so.

    That lasted for a few days. I couldn't sleep {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (好). Sometimes I even couldn't fall {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (睡着的). One day, I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (买) a flashlight(手电筒) in a market, At  midnight, as soon as I heard the strange sound, I jumped out of my bed with the flashlight. I saw a black cat jumping up and down {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (在……附近) the window. He might want to make friends with my pet cat, but he couldn't get into my house.

    Do you think it is strange? Have you ever had this kind of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (经历) in your life?

All our dreams have something to do with (与…有关) our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the "outside" may have {#blank#}1{#/blank#} influence on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} we dream. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the blanket on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} body has slipped off (滑落) your bed, you may dream that you are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is probably to come {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the experiences you have today.

So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an influence on you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young children are likely to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} of fairies (仙女) , older {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of school examinations,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}people of food, homesick (思乡的) soldiers of their families and prisoners (囚犯) of freedom.