美语情景对话 第1227期:How much sleep do you usually get? 你一般睡几个小时?
Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.
特罗特洛：嗨，我是特罗特洛，来自博茨瓦纳。Resse: Hello, I'm Resse from Botswana as well.
里斯：大家好，我是里斯，同样来自博茨瓦纳。Tlotlo: And our question is how much sleep do you get a night?
特罗特洛：我们要讨论的问题是，你晚上睡几个小时？
Resse: Maybe three or four hours on the weekdays.
里斯：周中的话我可能睡三到四个小时。Tlotlo: My sleeping pattern has actually changed recently because I used to get about eight hours of sleep and these days I just get about five hours at most and sometimes even four, which is not really good.
特罗特洛：我的睡眠时最近一直在改，因为我以前晚上要保证8小时睡眠，可是最近我最多睡5个小时，有时甚至只能睡4个小时，这不太好。Resse: What changed, what happened?
里斯：为什么会改变，发生了什么？Tlotlo: School. School is really hectic so you get your sleep very early in the morning and obviously with school you have other activities going on, there's a lot going on because I'm in college now so basically there is a lot going on in my life at the moment, so my sleeping pattern has like drastically changed. From eight to four that's a very big change.
特罗特洛：学校。学校里有很多事，非常忙，所以早上很早就要起床，而且学校还有其他活动，我现在在上大学，目前我生活中有很多事情要做，所以我的睡眠时间发生了巨大的改变。从8个小时减到4个小时，非常大的变化。Resse: A very big change.
里斯：的确是非常大的变化。Tlotlo: Yes. So what about you?
特罗特洛：对。你呢？Resse: I think I play many games at home.
里斯：我在家会玩很多游戏。Tlotlo: Yeah, I watch movies sometimes and it disrupts the sleeping pattern.
特罗特洛：对，我有时会看电影，这也会扰乱作息时间。Resse: But I think it's bad for my health, I think I need to start sleeping for eight hours a day.
里斯：不过我认为那对我的健康有害，我想我要确保每天能睡8个小时。Tlotlo: I wish I could go back to that.
特罗特洛：我希望我也能回到那种睡眠模式。
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重点讲解：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：They used to take off their clothes and go skinny dipping in the creek.
他们以前常常脱了衣服在小河里裸泳。
2. go on 进行；发生；
例句：She was oblivious to what was going on around her.
她没有注意周围发生的事。
3. be bad for 不利的；有害的；
例句：Caffeine is bad for your health.
咖啡因对人体健康有害。
4. go back to 回到（过去）；
例句：The best way to keep babies off sugar is to go back to the natural diet and eat lots of fresh fruit.
避免婴儿摄入食糖的最好办法是让其回归自然的饮食，多吃新鲜水果。
