A:Hey,what's up,Marco?

怎么样啊。Marco.

B:Not much,you?

还好，你呢?

A:Nothing much,I almost didn't recognize your voice,You sound a little different.

不错，我没听出来是你，你的声音听起来有点不一样

B:I lost my voice.,well,how did you sleep last night?

我嗓子哑了，你昨晚睡得怎么样?

A:Too bad,I went to bed early,but I couldn't fall asleep,and when I did,I had a lot of nightmares,I guess I 've got the insomnia.

糟透了，我很早就上床了，但我睡不着。等我睡着了，又作了很多恶梦。我想我得矢眠症了

B:what does that mean?

那是什么意思。

A:"Insomnia" means you can't fall asleep.My roommate Peter slept like a log and he kept snoring,,Jesus,I would kill anybody for just 2-hour sound sleep.

就是睡不着。我室友Peter睡得跟猪似的，他一直打呼。天啊，要是能让我睡俩个钟头的话，干什么都行

B:{chuckles}Interesting.Well ,do you happen to know some sleeping problems?

有意思，你知道睡眠的问题吗?

A:I am not so sure about them,but I'll tell you all that I know.

我不太确定，不过我尽量

B:Okay.

好的

A;Well,you have already known insomnia,which means the inability to sleep.

你已经知道矢眠。意思是睡不着

B:Yes.

是的

A:And snoring is another sleeping problem.

打呼是另一种

B:Yes.

是的

A:Sometimes people talk while sleeping,and we call that sleep talking. There are some people who suddenly wake up at midnight,going around for a while,then go back to sleep again,that's called sleep wsalking.

有时人们说梦话，或者睡觉是突然醒过来，然后又睡过去，就是梦游

B;That's scaring.

挺吓人的

A:Kind of. And some people fart,some people grind their teeth or smack their lips……,well.there're so many of them,I can't come up with them all,

一点点，有的人放屁，磨牙或是叭几嘴。太多了，我一时想不起来

B:That's already too much,speaking of those,I am kind of tired. I am sure you're sleepy too,so I better let you go sleep.

够多的了，说起这些，我有点困了，我知道你也困了，所以我还是让你睡吧

A:You bet.well talk to you later.

当然再聊

B;Bye.

再见

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[1]How did you sleep last night?你睡得好吗?问候别人睡得怎么样是一个常见的问题，类似的说法还有Did you sleep soundly last night?和,Did you sleep well last night?等

[2]Nightmare是一个常见病，它除了有恶梦的意思之外，还可以表示糟糕的情况，比如说The transportation in BJ is a nightmare.

[3]He slept like a log.表示他睡得跟死猪似的。Log是数学中的对数。它也表示木头，睡得跟木头似的，汉语的最佳解释就是睡得跟死猪似的。

[4]常见的睡眠疾病有insomnia矢眠，,sleep talking说梦话,sleep walking梦游,wetting the bed尿床.snore打呼.nightmare作恶梦,grinding your teeth磨牙等

Related Words…相关词汇

rinckle nightperson pull an all nighter burn the midnight oil stay up late