Use of English: Part 3/5 Word
formation and vocabulary.
ACTIVITY 16:Read the text below. Use
the word given in capitals
to form a word (a noun, adjective or
adverb) that fits in the gap in the same line.
Then check the correct answers.
SIGMUND FREUD:
DREAMING
Sigmund Freud is regarded as the
of psychoanalysis. His work
FOUND
has been
in many areas but he is perhaps best known for
INFLUENCE
having drawn our
to dreams, which he believed were clues to inner
ATTEND
conflicts. The fact that a dream is
a disguised expression of what is
ESSENTIAL
happening in the unconscious mind means that it
is difficult for the dreamer
to understand its
.
Freud believed that the sleeping mind resorted
SIGNIFY
to a whole range of unconscious wishes in forms
which would prevent
the dreamer from having any
of their true nature. In Freud's
AWARE
view, interpreting the meaning of the dream
required a psychoanalyst with
an expert
of how dreams disguise desires. The psychoanalyst's
KNOW
lack of personal
in the dream would enable him to see the dream
INVOLVE
objectively.
According to Freud, dreams use a
symbolic language quite
MYSTERY
different from that of waking life, but the
fact is there is no hard
for believing that dreams really do reflect our unconscious
wishes.
EVIDENT
Nevertheless, Freud
made a major contribution to twentieth-century
DOUBT
thought and many useful insights into
psychological processes have been
gained through his
work
CONGRATULATIONS! You have finished
UNIT 1 - LESSONS 1 TO
4
at OM Personal
CAE - Certificate in Advanced English. Before moving on to the next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you
have learnt here.
