實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Sleeping 睡眠

Ruth: Now Akane!

魯斯：茜!

Akane: Yeah.

茜：好。

Ruth: I've noticed that you fall asleep everywhere.

魯斯：我發(fā)現(xiàn)你在哪里都能睡著。

Akane: Oh, you've noticed. Oh, no, it's actually a problem that I have.

茜：哦，你注意到了啊。其實這是困擾我的一個問題。

Ruth: Really?

魯斯：真的嗎?

Akane: Yeah, I do get sleepy.

茜：對，我總是昏昏欲睡。

Ruth: Well, it's just that whenever we come back from work, or we go to work, you always fall asleep on the bus.

魯斯：嗯，我們下班回家或是上班的路上，你總是會在公交車上睡著。

Akane: I do. I'm so tired in the mornings.

茜：的確是這樣。我早上非常累。

Ruth: So, you're tired in the mornings (Mm-hm) so don't you sleep at night?

魯斯：你早上很累(嗯)，你晚上不睡覺嗎?

Akane: I do. I actually do go to bed quite early but I hate waking up really early so I think it's the early mornings that really get to me.

茜：睡覺。我晚上很早就上床睡覺了，可是我討厭早起，所以我討厭清晨。

Ruth: So do you think lots of people in your family do this, because you know, you really do seem to sleep far more than anybody I've ever met.

魯斯：你家人是不是也這樣，你的睡覺時間真的比我認(rèn)識的其他人要多得多。

Akane: Actually, yeah, my father does say that he falls asleep at work.

茜：實際上我爸爸說他上班時會睡著。

Ruth: No!

魯斯：不是吧。

Akane: Yeah. And my mom falls asleep at work as well when there's not costumers.

茜：是的。我媽媽在沒有客戶的時候也會在上班期間睡著。

Ruth: Oh, you're joking.

魯斯：開玩笑的吧。

Akane: Yeah. Yeah. So it runs in the family.

茜：真的。是真的。所以這是我們?nèi)夜灿械膯栴}。

Ruth: So have you ever done that? Have you ever fallen asleep at work?

魯斯：那你有過嗎?有在上班時間睡著過嗎?

Akane: Actually, well, I don't fall asleep when I'm teaching, cause its such a busy job (Yeah) but when I was working in an office, when I was doing medical research, it was such a boring job that I did used to fall asleep in front of the computer sometimes. It's really embarrassing.

茜：我在教學(xué)的時候不會睡著，因為工作太忙了，但是我在辦公室做研究時，因為實在太枯燥了我有幾次在電腦前面睡著了。這真的太尷尬了。

Ruth: So have you ever had an embarrassing moment when you've fallen asleep?

魯斯：你有沒有因為睡著而經(jīng)歷尷尬的時刻?

Akane: Actually, yes. One time we went to watch the symphony orchestra and it was beautiful music and I was enjoying myself but I just fell asleep in between.

茜：有。有一次我們?nèi)タ唇豁憳穲F的演出，音樂非常美，我非常享受，不過我在演出中睡著了。

Ruth: Oh, no, Akane.

魯斯：哦，不是吧，茜。

Akane: Yeah.

茜：是的。

Ruth: So how many hours sleep do you normally get Akane?

魯斯：茜，你一般睡幾個小時?

Akane: Well, I try to get at least nine. Of course that's not always possible, so I'd say on average about eight and a half hours.

茜：嗯，我盡量保證睡夠九個小時。當(dāng)然有時做不到，不過平均來說差不多八個半小時。

Ruth: Eight and a half.

魯斯：八個半小時。

Akane: Yeah.

茜：對。

Ruth: Well, I suppose if you add that to the five hours a day that you sleep that's quite a lot.

魯斯：我在想如果再加上那五個小時，你一天的睡覺時間可真夠長的。

Akane: If you put it that way.

茜：如果你這么理解，是這樣的。