英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)訓(xùn)練:睡得香

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英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)頻道為網(wǎng)友整理的《英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)訓(xùn)練:睡得香》,供大家參考學(xué)習(xí)。
       Subject:Did you have a sleep tight last night?
    第一,迷你對(duì)話
    A: Did you have a sleep tight last night?
    你昨晚睡得好嗎?
    B: I have a sleepless night.
    我失眠了。
    第二,核心短語(yǔ)
    have a sleep tight
    1. 解詞釋義
    Sleep tight源于美國(guó)版的“寶貝,晚安?!奔矗篠leep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite. (睡得好覺(jué),別讓臭蟲咬。)在19世紀(jì),美國(guó)孩子臨睡前最喜歡聽(tīng)父母這樣對(duì)他們說(shuō)。其中的tight相當(dāng)于soundly,well。Sleep tight的意思是“睡得很甜,很香”。
    有人認(rèn)為sleep tight和海軍有直接聯(lián)系,因?yàn)檐娪玫暮\娪玫氖堑醮玻挥邪训醮驳睦K子勒緊了,他們才能睡得舒服些。在這里tight的意思就是“stretched or down out fully”,意思是“拉緊的,繃緊的”。
    Sleep tight的英文解釋為:to sleep warm and safe. It is usually said with good night to someonegoing to bed. 它可以單獨(dú)使用,用于口語(yǔ)短句中,也可以如對(duì)話中和動(dòng)詞“have”連用做句子的謂語(yǔ),即:have a sleep tight。
    2. 拓展例句
    e.g. It was cold in the night and Robert Jordan had a sleep tight.
    夜里天氣很冷,羅伯特•喬丹睡得香極了。
    e.g. She did not even feel wet or cold for she had a sleep tight.
    她甚至沒(méi)有感到潮濕和寒冷,因?yàn)樗煤芟恪?BR>    e.g. I had a sleep tight and awoke, refreshed.
    我睡得很香,醒來(lái)神志清爽。
    e.g. I had a sleep tight last night and I did not hear my mobile phone ring.
    今天早晨我睡得正香呢,所以手機(jī)響了就沒(méi)聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了。
    第三,咬文嚼字
    A sleepless night的意思是“不眠之夜”,sleepless是形容詞,意思是“失眠的”。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)和動(dòng)詞have asleep night表示“度過(guò)不眠之夜”,也就是表示睡不著覺(jué),整個(gè)晚上沒(méi)能休息的意思。它還可以和動(dòng)詞pass或者spend等連用。例如:
    Andrew, who was short-tempered from a sleepless night, was ready to explode.
    安德魯因徹夜難眠而變得暴躁,快要發(fā)作了。
    She passed a sleepless night in the old house.
    她在這間舊房子里度過(guò)了一個(gè)不眠之夜。
    Amidst these thoughts, poor Jones passed a long sleepless night.
    可憐的瓊斯就這樣百感交集,輾轉(zhuǎn)難眠。