“夜貓子”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)

JESSICA在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，她的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教她。今天是怡茹要問(wèn)的：夜貓子。

YR: Hey Jessica! What are you doing on Friday?

JESSICA: Hmm, I don't know yet. What' up?

YR: Some of us are planning a sleep over at my apartment. 我們幾個(gè)都是夜貓子，準(zhǔn)備好好看場(chǎng)家庭影院，再睡到自然醒!! We are all late cats!

JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU，that's not how we say it. We call people who stay up late "night owls"!

YR: Night owls?

JESSICA: Exactly. Owl is spelled o-w-l, owl, 是貓頭鷹。Night owl, 就是夜貓子。不過(guò)我可不是夜貓子, I usually hit the hay around 10...

YR: Wait a second...hit the hay? 我知道hay是稻草的意思，你..你為什么要打稻草啊?

JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU! Hit the hay is just a common way of saying "to go to sleep". 就是睡覺的意思。

YR: 哈!真有意思，hit the hay! Hmm, I'm quite the opposite- I usually hit the hay very late, definitely after mid-night!

JESSICA: I really want to join you guys, but I never enjoy sleepovers. I'm a light sleeper. So normally I can't sleep well on sleepovers.

YR: Light sleeper? 讓我來(lái)猜猜，就是覺輕的意思，對(duì)嗎?

JESSICA: Bingo! A light sleeper can be easily awakened.

YR: 哦!那一睡著就雷都打不醒的人要怎么說(shuō)呢?

Jessica: It's just the opposite! You can call them sound sleepers.

YR: A light sleeper, 覺輕的人;a sound sleeper, 覺沉的人。我想，我們的sleepover party可能真的不太適合你! 那下次別的活動(dòng)我再叫你吧!

Jessica: Okay! Now tell me what you've learned today!