Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time or it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties．But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming．Some think it may be a very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (health) thing to do．Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health．Daydreaming, they tell us, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a good means  of relaxation．But its benefits go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} this．A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (surprise) conclusion．

    Dr．Joan T．Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes growth．It also improves{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (concentrate),attention span, and the ability to get along with others．Industrialist Henry J．Kaiser believed that much of his success was due{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the positive use of daydreaming．Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse．The young Thomas Edison pictured{#blank#}8{#/blank#} as an inventor．

    For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}．Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself…in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it．Picture yourself {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible．

    Once there lived a rich man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (actual) deserved his help.

    In the centre of the main road into the town , he placed{#blank#}3{#/blank#} very large stone. Then he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not attempt {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (remove) the stone. {#blank#}6{#/blank#},with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but nobody tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (say) to himself; “The night {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

    The he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (strong)to move it. To his amazement, he found a bag of money under the stone.

    In 1850, an American lawyer, Bethune, bought a slave to work in his home. The slave, a woman, had a small child{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Tom, who was blind.

    One day, Bethune {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(walk) around his garden when he heard music coming from the house. He went inside and found young Tom playing on the family piano. Bethune {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(immediate) realized that the boy, who was only four, had special abilities. He asked a band of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(music) to come to the house and play in front of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he). Tom reproduced perfectly the music he had heard. Tom was indeed an unusual boy.

    In 1857, "Blind Tom" took part {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his first public performance. The reviews were so good {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Bethune took him on a tour of the US. Three years later, Blind Tom {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (invite) to the White House to perform for the president. Over the next forty years, Tom performed {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(enjoy) shows all over the US and other countries. His concerts were {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mixture of classical music and his own compositions.