白领的一天:晚上睡不着怎么办呢?

jessica和她的朋友Peter聊到了睡眠问题，我们来看一下。

J: What can keep a person awake in the middle of the night?
P: Lots of things can keep people awake…Stress, depression, too much coffee or having it late at night.
J: So what do you usually do if you can’t fall asleep?
P: I tend to play my video game or try to read. Sometimes I have a warm drink of milk.
J: Do you usually stay up late?
P: Unfortunately I got used to going to sleep at 2 am when I was working at the supermarket doing the nightfill job in 2007
J: Bad habit…
P: Yeah. Unfortunately my body clock has not reset itself.

The nightfill job: the name of the job he was doing. It is basically filling the shelves at the supermarket, usually after the shop has shut at night.


Awake: not sleeping醒着的;清醒的

He lay awake in his bed.
他醒着躺在床上。

Depression: 沮丧,意气消沉

The trip to the seashore brought her out of her depression.
到海边旅行使她不再抑郁。

stay up: to not go to bed at the time you would normally go to bed深夜不睡，熬夜

She stayed up reading until midnight.
她看书看到半夜才睡。

You've got school tomorrow. I don't want you staying up late.
你明天要上学。我不想让你熬夜。