But for a Chinese migrant with a heavy accent to become a stand-up comedian in the US it's more like a fantasy.
但要是一位有着浓重地方口音的华裔移民在美国摇身一变成了单口相声演员，这听上去更像是一场白日梦。His friends thought he was building castles in the air when he said he would travel to the Sahara.
当他说要到撒哈拉沙漠去旅行时，他的朋友们都认为他是在做白日梦。So if you've been able to stay focused to the end of this column, perhaps you're happier than when you daydreamed at the beginning.
因此，如果你得以一直集中精力读完本文，可能你会比在开始的白日梦时期更快乐一些。His Walter Mitty dream, as he said once, was to take his boat and leave "the daily flow of this miserable world" .
他曾经说过，他每天都做的白日梦就是能驾着他的船离开这个“每天充斥着痛苦的世界上”。While composing, some composers seem to approach a state of deep daydreaming.
有的作曲家在作曲时几乎像进入了很深的白日梦状态。may suffer if he or she does no daydreaming at all. Such a person may become poorly equipped to deal with the pressures of daily life.
如果一点白日梦也不做，人的自控自导能力似乎会受到损伤，难以承受日常生活带来的种种压力。You get out of the magical thinking of waiting passively for a miracle to happen.
你就避免了消极地等待奇迹出现的白日梦。John was sitting and daydreaming in class so his teacher told him to come down to earth and to answer the question.
约翰在课堂上做着白日梦，在此老师叫他别胡思乱想，回答问题。Inattention: a child who daydreams or seems to be in another world, is sidetracked by what is going on around him or her.
注意力不集中：常常做白日梦或者看上去沉浸在另外一个世界，想要知道他（她）周围发生了什么事情。