英读廊——为什么不应该瞧不起早起的鸟儿?

2020-12-06  本文已影响0人  陆满庭

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Why does society seem biased towards morning birds?

【译】为什么社会对早起的鸟儿有偏见?

【单词】biased 原型:bias ['bahy-uhs]['baɪəs] vt. 偏见;使偏心

【单词】birds 原型:bird [burd][bɜːd] n. 鸟;禽

Why do work 9-5?

【译】为什么要朝九晚五工作?

Why do we go to school from 9-5?

【译】我们为什么从9点到5点上学?

Why is everything open in the morning and closed at night?

【译】为什么所有的东西早上开门,晚上关门?

And why are morning people seen as energetic and productive, while night people are seen as lazy and moody?

【译】为什么早起的人被认为精力充沛,富有成效,而晚上(活动)的人却被视为懒惰和情绪化的?

【单词】energetic [en-er-'jet-ik][ˌenə'dʒetɪk] adj. 精力旺盛的;有力的;能量的

【单词】productive [pruh-'duhk-tiv][prə'dʌktɪv] adj. 生产的;有成效的;多产的

【单词】lazy ['ley-zee]['leɪzi] adj. 懒惰的;懒散的

【单词】moody ['moo-dee]['muːdi] adj. 易怒的;喜怒无常的;情绪化的

Before electrical lighting, daylight was a much more valued "resource" in the northern hemisphere, especially in a time when a large percent of the population was still working in agriculture.

【译】在有电力照明之前,日光在北半球是一种更为宝贵的“资源”,特别是在当时大部分人口仍在从事农业的时候。

【单词】electrical [ih-'lek-tri-kuh l][ɪ'lektrɪkl] adj. 电的;与电有关的

【单词】daylight ['dey-lahyt]['deɪlaɪt] n. 日光;白昼;黎明

【单词】resource ['ree-sawrs][rɪ'sɔːs] n. 资源

【单词】hemisphere ['hem-i-sfeer]['hemɪsfɪə] n. 半球

【单词】agriculture ['ag-ri-kuhl-cher]['æɡrɪkʌltʃə] n. 农业;农学;农艺

In the northern hemisphere, we generally have shorter days in the winter months and longer in the summer, right?

【译】在北半球,我们通常在冬季的几个月里白天较短,而在夏季则更长,对吧?

【单词】winter ['win-ter]['wɪntə] n. 冬季;冬天

Well, there's still plenty of work to be done in the darker months, and limited light to see what you were doing.

【译】好吧,在黑暗的月份还有很多工作要做,光照有限,工作时候往往看不清楚。

【单词】plenty ['plen-tee]['plenti] n. 丰富;大量;充足 adj. 充足的;相当多的

【单词】limited 原型:limit ['lim-it]['lɪmɪt] vt. 限制;限定

At least before electrical light was invented.

【译】至少在电灯发明之前。

【短语】at least 至少;例句:At least, I asked him not to. 至少,我告诉过他不要这样做。

【单词】least [leest][liːst] adj. 最小的;最少的 adv. 最小地;最少地;最轻微地 n. 最小;最少

【单词】invented 原型:invent [in-'vent][ɪn'vent] vt. 发明;捏造

From there developed a culture of being an early riser being associated with better work ethic and morals.

【译】从那时发展出一种早起与良好的职业道德和品行相联系的文化。

【短语】work ethic 职业道德;例句:I believe in a work ethic of perserverance and hard work. 我相信在坚持不懈和努力工作是好的职业道德。

【单词】developed 原型:develop [dih-'vel-uh p][dɪ'veləp] v. 发展;发育;开发

【单词】culture ['kuhl-cher]['kʌltʃə] n. 栽培;文化;教养 vt. 培养,栽培

【单词】riser ['rahy-zer]['raɪzə] n. 起床者

【单词】associated 原型:associate [uh-'soh-shee-eyt][ə'səʊʃieɪt] vt. 联想;联合

【单词】ethic ['eth-ik]['eθɪk] n. 伦理;道德规范

【单词】morals 原型:moral ['mawr-uhl]['mɒrəl] n. 寓意;道德;品行;伦理

Sleeping in was seen as lazy and therefore immoral.

【译】睡懒觉被认为是懒惰的,因此是不道德的。

【单词】Sleeping 原型:sleep [sleep][sliːp] v. 睡觉 n. 睡眠;睡觉

【单词】immoral [ih-'mawr-uhl, ih-'mor-][ɪ'mɒrəl] adj. 不道德的

This permeates Western culture; sloth is one of the Seven Deadly sins.

【译】这渗透在西方文化中;懒惰是七宗罪之一。

【单词】permeates 原型:permeate ['pur-mee-eyt]['pɜːmieɪt] v. 弥漫;渗透;普及

【单词】sloth [slohth][sləʊθ] n. 树獭;懒惰

【单词】sins 原型:sin [sin][sɪn] n. 原罪 v. 犯罪;违反(教规)

【专有名词】Western 地名 ['wes-tern]['westən] adj. 西方的;西洋的;西部的

【单词】deadly ['ded-lee]['dedli] adj. 致命的

In English you have the proverb "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".

【译】英语中有句谚语“早睡早起,使人健康、富有、聪明”。

【单词】proverb ['prov-erb]['prɒvɜːb] n. 谚语;格言;众所周知的人

【单词】healthy ['hel-thee]['helθi] adj. 健康的

【单词】wealthy ['wel-thee]['welθi] adj. 富有的 n. 富人

【单词】wise [wahyz][waɪz] adj. 聪明的;有智慧的;明智的;有见识的

【专有名词】English ['ing-glish]['ɪŋɡlɪʃ] n. 英语;英国人

In older Swedish we have the expression "sjusovare", meaning a lazy person, it literally means "seven sleeper" indicating that oh my, can you imagine being such a bum that you sleep till seven o'clock"!?

【译】在较老的瑞典语中,我们有“sjusovare”这个词,意思是懒惰的人,字面意思是“七个睡觉的人”,意思是“哦,天哪,你能想象自己是个流浪汉,睡到七点钟吗?”!?

【单词】expression [ik-'spresh-uhn][ɪk'spreʃn] n. 表情;表示;表达;词句;措辞;表现

【单词】literally ['lit-er-uh-lee]['lɪtərəli] adv. 逐字地;按照字面上地;不夸张地;正确地;简直

【单词】sleeper ['slee-per]['sliːpə] n. 睡眠者

【单词】indicating 原型:indicate ['in-di-keyt]['ɪndɪkeɪt] v. 指示;象征;显示 v. 表明;指明

【单词】imagine [ih-'maj-in][ɪ'mædʒɪn] vt. 想像;设想;料想;猜想;认为

【单词】bum [buhm][bʌm] n. 流浪汉;游荡者;懒鬼

【专有名词】Swedish ['swee-dish]['swiːdɪʃ] n. 瑞典人;瑞典语

Today we have electrical light and 24/7 shift work, it doesn't really matter much anymore except maybe if you are in one of those jobs where daylight still matters.

【译】今天我们有电灯和24/7轮班制,其实已经不重要了,除非你从事的是那种白天仍然很重要的工作。

【单词】shift [shift][ʃɪft] n. 轮班;变化;移动

【单词】anymore [en-ee-'mawr]['enɪmɔː] adv. (通常用于疑问句或否定句中,与not连用)再,也,还

【单词】except [ik-'sept][ɪk'sept] prep. 除了 ... 之外 conj. 除非;除了 ... 之外;若不是

But the culture takes time to change.

【译】但是文化需要时间来改变。

And it's not like that the part of the population that are naturally early risers are in any rush to give away their advantage.

【译】而且这并不是说,自然早起的那部分人急于放弃自己的优势。

【短语】part of ... (某事物的)一部分;例句:He received part of his education in England. 他有一部分教育是在英国接受的。

【单词】naturally ['nach-er-uh-lee]['nætʃrəli] adv. 自然地;天生地

【单词】rush [ruhsh][rʌʃ] n. 抢购;匆忙;冲进;急速行进;蜂拥

【单词】advantage [ad-'van-tij][əd'vɑːntɪdʒ] n. 优势;有利条件

It's just a function of daylight, for thousands of years you could only be productive in the daytime, and its really really hard to break that.

【译】这只是日光的一个功能,几千年来,你只能在白天工作,而且很难打破这一点。

【单词】function ['fuhngk-shuh n]['fʌŋkʃn] n. 功能;取决于

Now if you think of that sort of perception, obviously the majority of the people in power in a given system are the people good at that system.

【译】如果你想一想这种看法,很明显,在一个特定的体系中,大多数掌权的人都是擅长这个体系的人。

【单词】perception [per-'sep-shuhn][pə'sepʃn] n. 观念;洞察力;认识能力

【单词】obviously ['ɒbviəsli] adv. 显然地

So most of your CEOs and leaders and so on are morning people.

【译】所以你的CEO和领导等等都是早起的人。

【短语】most of ... 大部分,大多数的;绝大多数;例句:I think most of these obstacles can be surmounted. 我认为这些障碍大多数都是可以克服的。

【单词】leaders 原型:leader ['lee-der]['liːdə] n. 领袖;领导者;指挥者;领先的人

【专有名词】CEO 首席执行官(Chief Executive Officer),相当于公司总经理

Many humans, especially older ones, don't function at peak performance for a full day.

【译】许多人,尤其是老年人,一整天都不能在最佳状态下工作。

【单词】peak [peek][piːk] n. 尖端;山顶;顶峰 v. 达到顶峰;使处于顶点

By mid afternoon, their mental and physical abilities wane, and by evening a lot of us are flopped on the couch.

【译】到了下午,他们的智力和体力都在衰退,到了晚上,我们中的许多人都瘫倒在沙发上。

【单词】mental ['men-tl]['mentl] adj. 思想的;心理的;精神的;脑力的

【单词】physical ['fiz-i-kuhl]['fɪzɪkl] adj. 物质的;身体的;体力的;物理的

【单词】abilities 原型:ability [uh-'bil-i-tee][ə'bɪləti] n. 能力;才能

【单词】wane [weyn][weɪn] v. 变小;亏缺;变弱

【单词】flopped 原型:flop [flop][flɒp] v. 啪嗒啪嗒地动;笨重地摔;猛落

【单词】couch [kouch][kaʊtʃ] n. 长椅;睡椅;长沙发

It's a matter of getting the most out of productive hours.

【译】这是一个充分利用工作时间的问题。

Evening people are a minority, so society functions too accommodate the majority.

【译】晚上(活动)的人是少数,所以社会功能也容纳了大多数人。

【单词】minority [mahy-'nawr-i-tee][maɪ'nɒrəti] n. 少数;少数民族;未成年

【单词】accommodate [uh-'kom-uh-deyt][ə'kɒmədeɪt] vt. 使适应;容纳;提供;顾及

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