TE选文:睡眠 20200712
学习目标:1 睡眠相关的主题词汇 2 地道表达
1 perchance to dream: 源自《哈姆莱特》。原场景是哈姆莱特对死亡主题展开思考,深陷于痛苦中的他对死亡、睡眠与梦境浮想联翩。
2 the pioneer in the science of sleep, the pioneer of sleep science 同义替换
Paragraph 1 & P21 睡眠相关:sleep-deprived 缺觉,睡眠不足; slumber 沉睡 ;toss and turn 辗转反侧睡不着; restless legs 不眠之夜; a debt of sleep 睡眠不足
2 worse: 前一句说一种糟糕的情况,下一句加深程度,用Worse, 连接
P31 睡眠相关: drowsiness睡意/ drowse(verb),nod off 打瞌睡;sleep debt = a debt of sleep; sleepy类似 drowsy; fall asleep 睡着了
2 句型:XX blame YY for the fact that ZZ. XX把ZZ这件事归咎于YY
3 totally or in part: 完全或部分上来说, 用在解释观点时可以避免表达得过于绝对
4 a national plague 联系当前covid-19 的international plague,用在此处挺应景的
5 the grounding of the oil tanker/ the plane 搭配
P41 睡眠相关:sleep problems, sleep disorders; insomnia 失眠;obstructive sleep apnea(OSA)阻塞型睡眠呼吸暂停
2 Morpheus 睡神,注意人名末尾是s但仍然加 's
3 缺乏社会关注 the lack of awareness in society 没有冠词the
P5& P6
1 睡眠相关:REM sleep 快速眼动睡眠(又称 积极睡眠);sleep clinic ; insomiac 失眠症患者;sleep camps 睡眠训练营 ;narcolepsy 嗜睡症
1 睡眠相关:heavy-eyed (appearing tired or sleepy)
2 phenomenally popular 家喻户晓
3 go on teaching past 90 年过九旬仍在教书
4 句型:Drowsiness is red alert ! 红色警戒,比喻非常危险
5 句型: Word spread. 名声迅速传开
P81 睡眠相关:blissful slumber; naps 午睡; bedtime 就寝时间; be caught napping
P9 & P101 睡眠相关:drift away 飘走(比喻进入梦乡)
2 re-runs 重播
3 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed: eager and happy
例句:He always leaps out of bed bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
小心机:用学到的睡眠主题词汇写篇小短文,用一下花样表达。
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The siesta is a real institution in China. Elderly people may doze off from time to time during the day and sleep only five hours a night. Office workers often take a snooze after lunch; some even fall into deep slumber without having lunch. Nap time is scheduled in kindergartens. Indeed, there is nothing like a rest in the middle of a busy day.