A:Hey,what's up,Marco?
怎么样啊。Marco.
B:Not much,you?
还好,你呢?
A:Nothing much,I almost didn't recognize your voice,You sound a little different.
不错,我没听出来是你,你的声音听起来有点不一样
B:I lost my voice.,well,how did you sleep last night?
我嗓子哑了,你昨晚睡得怎么样?
A:Too bad,I went to bed early,but I couldn't fall asleep,and when I did,I had a lot of nightmares,I guess I 've got the insomnia.
糟透了,我很早就上床了,但我睡不着。等我睡着了,又作了很多恶梦。我想我得矢眠症了
B:what does that mean?
那是什么意思。
A:"Insomnia" means you can't fall asleep.My roommate Peter slept like a log and he kept snoring,,Jesus,I would kill anybody for just 2-hour sound sleep.
就是睡不着。我室友Peter睡得跟猪似的,他一直打呼。天啊,要是能让我睡俩个钟头的话,干什么都行
B:{chuckles}Interesting.Well ,do you happen to know some sleeping problems?
有意思,你知道睡眠的问题吗?
A:I am not so sure about them,but I'll tell you all that I know.
我不太确定,不过我尽量
B:Okay.
好的
A;Well,you have already known insomnia,which means the inability to sleep.
你已经知道矢眠。意思是睡不着
B:Yes.
是的
A:And snoring is another sleeping problem.
打呼是另一种
B:Yes.
是的
A:Sometimes people talk while sleeping,and we call that sleep talking. There are some people who suddenly wake up at midnight,going around for a while,then go back to sleep again,that's called sleep wsalking.
有时人们说梦话,或者睡觉是突然醒过来,然后又睡过去,就是梦游
B;That's scaring.
挺吓人的
A:Kind of. And some people fart,some people grind their teeth or smack their lips……,well.there're so many of them,I can't come up with them all,
一点点,有的人放屁,磨牙或是叭几嘴。太多了,我一时想不起来
B:That's already too much,speaking of those,I am kind of tired. I am sure you're sleepy too,so I better let you go sleep.
够多的了,说起这些,我有点困了,我知道你也困了,所以我还是让你睡吧
A:You bet.well talk to you later.
当然再聊
B;Bye.
再见
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[1]How did you sleep last night?你睡得好吗?问候别人睡得怎么样是一个常见的问题,类似的说法还有Did you sleep soundly last night?和,Did you sleep well last night?等
[2]Nightmare是一个常见病,它除了有恶梦的意思之外,还可以表示糟糕的情况,比如说The transportation in BJ is a nightmare.
[3]He slept like a log.表示他睡得跟死猪似的。Log是数学中的对数。它也表示木头,睡得跟木头似的,汉语的最佳解释就是睡得跟死猪似的。
[4]常见的睡眠疾病有insomnia矢眠,,sleep talking说梦话,sleep walking梦游,wetting the bed尿床.snore打呼.nightmare作恶梦,grinding your teeth磨牙等
Related Words…相关词汇
rinckle nightperson pull an all nighter burn the midnight oil stay up late