上一讲 主要讲了入眠在英语中怎么表达。紧接上一讲,我们来看看英语中还有哪些跟睡眠相关的表达。
1. 表示睡着,常用:be asleep
例:
''Are you asleep?'' ''No, I'm awake.''(-你睡着了吗? -没,醒着呢。)
The baby's asleep - don't wake her.(孩子睡着了,别吵醒她。)
He tries to clean up the house while thekids are asleep.(他想趁着孩子们在睡,把房子好好打扫一下。)
He was still asleep at noon.(到了中午,他还在睡。)
2. 表示熟睡,常用:
① fast/sound asleep: sleep deeply
例:
He was fast asleep by the time I got home.(我到家时,他已经睡得很熟了。)
It was late at night and everyone was fastasleep.(夜已深,大家都已熟睡。)
One moment she was sound asleep, the nextshe was wide awake!(她本来还在熟睡,一下就完全醒了!)
② out for the count:
例:
Two minutes after getting into bed, I wasout for the count.(我睡下后两分钟,就睡得很熟了。)
③ sleep like a baby/log:
备注:''log''的原意是木头。
例:
After a long day of skiing, I slept like ababy last night.(滑了一整天雪,我昨晚睡得很好。)
I was exhausted and slept like a log.(我累坏了,是以睡死过去。)
④ sleep through (something): tosleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise) 熟睡,没被(噪声等)吵醒
例:
She slept right through the thunderstorm.(她没被暴风雨吵醒。)
How did you manage to sleep through thethunderstorm?(雷电交加你怎么能睡着?)
I can't believe I slept through my alarm!(竟然闹钟都没吵醒我,难以置信啊!)
At least the baby is sleeping through thenight.(至少孩子一夜睡了个整觉。)(备注:sleep through the night= to sleep continuously during the whole night)
⑤ sleep tight: used especially tochildren before they go to bed, to say that you hope they sleep well 睡个好觉!
备注:这句话一般用在口语中。
例:
Good night, kids. Sleep tight. (晚安,孩子们,睡个好觉!)
3. 表示醒来,但还没完全清醒,常用:half asleep
例:
Still half asleep, Jenny began to make thekids' breakfast.(珍妮还没完全睡醒,就开始给孩子们做早饭。)
We were still half asleep when we went toschool the next morning.(第二天上学的时候,我们还迷迷糊糊的。)
4. 表示在某地方过夜,一般指家以外的地方
① kip:
备注:这个词是英式英语中较口语化的说法。
例:
Can I kip here tonight?(我今晚能住这儿吗?)
We kipped down at a hotel.(我们住在酒店里。)
② stay over:
例:
If you want, you can stay over with ustonight.(如果你愿意,今晚可以睡我们家。)
③ stay the night:
例:
After the party she was too drunk to driveso she stayed the night.(她喝高了没法开车,派对结束后便留下来过夜。)
They stayed the night at her brother's.(他们在她哥哥家过夜。)
④ sleep over:
例:
My mom said that you could sleep over onSaturday.(我妈说,你周六晚可以住我们家。)
学习提升英语的,还可以试试以下几个方面,我认为还是很有帮助的
1、加强英语的词汇量和语法方面的知识,这是基础。
2、多朗诵一些脍炙人口的英文,最好是会背诵,培养语感。
3、听你喜欢的英语歌曲,还有看欧美电影,保持兴趣的同时学到口语。
4、若有机会的话,跟老外多说英语。比如现在的网上英语学习就可以和外教一对一进行学习和试听。
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