专四每日一听 第7期
时间：2018-11-29 作者：英语课 分类：专四每日一听
睡 觉
It’s bedtime 1. 但你还是精神抖擞吗？你的家人、朋友还在瞪着眼睛看电视吗？督促自己和家人洗洗涮涮赶紧睡啦，熬夜对身体可不好哦！
很晚了。It’s late.
○ It’s midnight 2. 已经半夜了。
我还想看电视。I want to watch more TV.
○ Turn off 3 the TV. 把电视关上。
明天的事情都准备好了吗？Are you ready for tomorrow?
● be ready for…“为…做好了准备”
我卸完妆了。I finished 4 taking off my make-up.
★ make-up [] n. 化妆，化妆品
● take off“去掉，脱掉”
该睡觉了。It’s time to go to bed.
= It’s time to go to sleep.
= It’s bedtime.
★ bedtime [bedtaim] n. 就寝时间
把你的床铺好。Make your bed.
● make bed“铺床”
我一点儿也不困。I’m wide 5 awake 6.
= I’m not sleepy at all.
○ I can’t fall asleep 7. 我睡不着。
★ asleep a. 睡着的
● wide awake“完全清醒的，醒着的”
我困了。I’m sleepy.
○ It seems 8 I have been asleep just now. 我刚才好像都睡着了。
我要去睡觉了。I’m going 9 to bed.
= I’m off to bed.
= I’m going to sleep.
= I’m going to hit the hay 10.
○ Off to bed now. 现在去睡觉。
○ I think I’ll say good night now. 我想我要说“晚安”了。
■ hit the hay = hit the sack，在口语中表示“上床睡觉，就寝”。
你定闹钟了吗? Have you set 11 the alarm 12 clock?
● set the alarm clock“定闹钟”
做个好梦。Sweet dreams 13.
= Have pleasant 14 dreams.
★ pleasant [] a. 令人愉快的
When will you pay 15 my money back?
你什么时候还我钱？
What? What are you talking about?
什么？你在说什么？
Bedtime
Mother：It’s time for bed.
Frank：But I’m not sleepy, mom. Can I stay up and watch more TV?
Mother：It’s already 16 past 11. You have school tomorrow. You’ll be sleepy all day tomorrow if you don’t sleep
well tonight.
Frank：I know, but I promise 17 I won’t be sleepy tomorrow. I work really hard.
Mother：Don’t you have exams 18 coming up soon? I’m sure you could 19 spend more time preparing for those.
Frank：Oh, I nearly 20 forgot 21 the exams.
Mother：You do well in the math, but your history is not good enough. Am I right?
Frank：Yeah, I guess so. Maybe I could go to sleep now and get up early to review 22 the lessons tomorrow.
Mother：An excellent 23 idea. Work now and play later 24.
Frank：I know you’re right. School is more important 25 than TV, but can I watch one more show then go to bed?
Mother：No, now is bedtime.
睡觉时间
母亲：该睡觉了。
弗兰克：妈妈，但是我一点儿都不困。我能再看会儿电视吗？
母亲：已经是十一点多了。你明天还要上学。 如果你今晚上不休息好的话，明天一天你都会犯困的。
弗兰克：我知道，但是我保证明天不犯困。我学习很努力的。
母亲：你不是快考试了吗？我肯定你可以多花点时间准备的。
弗兰克：哦，我差点忘了，还有考试呢。
母亲：你数学很好，但是历史不是很好，对吧？
弗兰克：是的，是这样的。或许我应该现在就睡觉，明天早点起来复习功课。
母亲：好主意，先学习后玩儿。
弗兰克：我知道您说得对。学习要比电视更重要，不过我能再看一个节目再去睡觉吗？
母亲：不行，现在就睡觉
详细解说
“be coming up”表示“很快来临，即将发生”，例如：With Christmas
coming up, few 26 people have much money to spare.（圣诞节快要到了，很少人手里还有很多闲钱。）另外，“come up ”还可表示“走近，走过来”，例如：One of the teachers comes up and starts talking to me.（一位老师走过来，开始和我谈话。）
“spend + 一段时间 + doing sth.”表示“花费时间做某事”。例如：Sam
spends all his free 27 time painting 28.（山姆利用所有的业余时间画画。）常用的固定表达还有：“spend time in/at…”，例如：We'll have to spend the night in a hotel.（我们将不得不在旅馆过夜。）
“Rise and shine 29!”是口语中一种幽默的表达方式，表示“起床！”。
“The early bird catches/gets the worm 30.”是一句谚语，意思是“早起的鸟才会有虫吃。”
- It's your bedtime. Go upstairs and go to bed.到睡觉的时间了，上楼去睡觉。
- If you go to bed now,I've read you a bedtime story.假使你现在就上床睡觉，我就念个睡前故事给你听。
- The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight.那船半夜时靠岸。
- He looked at the moon and made the time to be midnight.他看了看月亮，估计时间是半夜了。
- You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
- I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。
- We finished up everything there was on the table. 我们把桌上的东西全吃完了。
- We can certainly have the job finished on time.我们肯定能按时完成任务。
- The baby awake is looking here and there.醒着的婴儿东张西望。
- Please awake me at six.请6点钟唤醒我。
- The baby seems to be asleep.那婴孩好像是睡着了。
- My right foot is asleep.我的右脚麻木了。
- She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
- Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。
- We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
- He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
- Cows feed on hay.奶牛以干草为生。
- They usually keep the hay in the barn.他们通常将干草存放在谷仓中。
- He set to with a will and soon finished it.他下定决心做这件事，很快就完成了。
- The bus set the children down just outside the school gate.公共汽车让孩子们正好在学校门口下车。
- The man on duty rang an alarm.值班员发出警报。
- The alarm spread rapidly.警报迅速传开。
- Dreamers do not always remember their dreams. 做梦的人并不总能记住自己的梦。
- Dreams can be a rich source of inspiration for an artist. 梦境可以成为艺术家灵感的丰富源泉。
- We spend a very pleasant evening.我们度过了一个愉快的晚上。
- The climate here is pleasant.这里的气候很宜人。
- We have eaten already.我们已经吃过了。
- I've been there already,so I don't want to go again.我早已去过那里了，所以我不想再去了。
- I didn't make any promise.我没有作出任何承诺。
- His promise is a big lie.他的许诺是大谎言。
- I made a real balls-up of my exams. 我考试考得一塌糊涂。
- Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate. 杰克已通过考试，我们要外出庆祝一下。
- Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
- I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。
- I nearly missed the bus.我险些错过了公交车。
- It is nearly two years since I came here.我来这儿快两年了。
- The boy forgot where he put his textbook.那男孩忘记把课本放在什么地方了。
- I forgot how to do it.我忘记怎样做了。
- The newspaper gave a review of the new book.报纸对这本新书作了评论。
- The college published a drama review.学院出版了一份戏剧评论刊物。
- She is an excellent teacher.她是个优秀的教师。
- I'm sure you can make an excellent job next time. 我相信你下次会干得更好。
- He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
- This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。
- It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
- This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。
- There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
- I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。