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Larry 昨晚因为赶工作而一夜没睡。他正在跟李华讨论睡眠问题。李华今天
要学会两个常用语night owl 和catch some zzzs.
LL: Oh , Li Hua , I stayed up all night last night working on this
project for work, and now I feel terrible. I guess I'm not a night owl
after all.
LH:什么?你一夜没睡?难怪你显得很累。不过你说你不是夜间的猫头鹰,
熬夜跟猫头鹰有什么关系呢?
LL: Owl is a bird, but a night owl is someone who likes to stay
up all night.
LH:我知道了。猫头鹰是夜间活动的动物,所以美国人把很晚才睡的人称为
night owl.我们中国人把这种人称为夜猫子。
LL: Right, real owls are like that. But last night I discovered
I am not a night owl.
LH:你昨晚发现你不是夜猫子。你怎么发现的呢?
LL: Well , I didn't go to bed until three in the morning, and now
I am so tired I can hardly move.
LH:你早上三点睡觉,现在已经累得不行了。是呀,真正的夜猫子好像不在
乎开夜车似的。看来你真不是一个夜猫子。我算是会熬夜的了,但是也很少到三
点才睡觉。
LL: Really ? When do you go to bed, Li Hua ?
LH:我喜欢在夜深人静的时候写作,所以经常半夜以后才睡觉。 Larry,你
可以说我是个" 夜猫子,"a night owl.
LL: I'd say you are a night owl. Normally, I go to bed around ten
o'clock , because I have to get up early in the morning for work.
LH:你早起要上班,那当然不能当夜猫子了。十点睡觉已经不算早了。
LL: Yeah , when I was a student , I used to be a night owl , too.
I remember back in college being a night owl was a lot of fun. Especially
in the city , where there is a lot going on at night.
LH:当学生的时候熬夜是常事。不是念书,就是出去玩,晚上有很多地方可
玩的。
LL: I sometimes wish I could be a night owl again.
LH:你还想当夜猫子?那等你下班后我们去城里玩,怎么样?
LL: Oh , No , Li Hua. All I need right now is a cup of coffee to
get me through the day and a good night sleep !
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LL: Well , Li Hua , I've got to get back to work , and then go
home and catch some zzzzs.
LH:你要回去工作,然后回家,还要抓什么?Catch some zzzs 是什么意思
呀?Catch 是抓住, zzzs 是什么啊?
LL: Catching some zzzs means to get some sleep.
LH:嗯,catching some zzzs就是睡觉!可为什么说catching some zzzs呢?
Z 不是英语的最后一个字母吗?
LL: You're right. "Z" is the last letter of the alphabet. But many
people associate the sound of the letter "Z"( makes sound zzzzzzzzz)
with the sound of snoring.
LH:噢, z跟打鼾的声音有点像,所以把睡觉说成是: to catch some zzzs.
LL: And to catch some zzzs is to fall asleep , which is really what
I need to do now.
LH:我知道,你已经说了好几遍了,你现在最需要的就是回去睡一大觉。那
你就赶快走呀!
LL: But I still have some things I need to do at work.
LH:办公室里还有事要做。那你睁不开眼睛怎么办?
LL: There is no need to worry! My desk isn't very comfortable ,
and the office is pretty loud. I don't think I could catch some zzzs at
work, even if I wanted to.
LH:你怎么那么可怜呢!办公室里坐着不舒服,又吵吵闹闹的,想睡觉都睡
不着。那你乘车回家的时候在车上睡一回儿吧。
LL: No , I better not do that. If I catch some zzzs on the bus,
I might miss my stop.
LH:那就没办法了。我看你今天只有喝咖啡了。 Larry,跟你说了半天睡觉
的问题,把我都说困了。 Maybe I need to go home at catch some zzzs , too!
今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是night owl ,意思就是习惯很晚睡觉的
人,也就是夜猫子。还有一个是 to catch some zzzs ,意思是睡觉。
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