美語情景對話 第1227期:How much sleep do you usually get? 你一般睡幾個小時?
Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.
特羅特洛：嗨，我是特羅特洛，來自博茨瓦納。Resse: Hello, I'm Resse from Botswana as well.
里斯：大家好，我是里斯，同樣來自博茨瓦納。Tlotlo: And our question is how much sleep do you get a night?
特羅特洛：我們要討論的問題是，你晚上睡幾個小時？
Resse: Maybe three or four hours on the weekdays.
里斯：週中的話我可能睡三到四個小時。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.
特羅特洛：我的睡眠時最近一直在改，因爲我以前晚上要保證8小時睡眠，可是最近我最多睡5個小時，有時甚至只能睡4個小時，這不太好。Resse: What changed, what happened?
里斯：爲什麼會改變，發生了什麼？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.
特羅特洛：學校。學校裏有很多事，非常忙，所以早上很早就要起牀，而且學校還有其他活動，我現在在上大學，目前我生活中有很多事情要做，所以我的睡眠時間發生了巨大的改變。從8個小時減到4個小時，非常大的變化。Resse: A very big change.
里斯：的確是非常大的變化。Tlotlo: Yes. So what about you?
特羅特洛：對。你呢？Resse: I think I play many games at home.
里斯：我在家會玩很多遊戲。Tlotlo: Yeah, I watch movies sometimes and it disrupts the sleeping pattern.
特羅特洛：對，我有時會看電影，這也會擾亂作息時間。Resse: But I think it's bad for my health, I think I need to start sleeping for eight hours a day.
里斯：不過我認爲那對我的健康有害，我想我要確保每天能睡8個小時。Tlotlo: I wish I could go back to that.
特羅特洛：我希望我也能回到那種睡眠模式。
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重點講解：
1. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：They used to take off their clothes and go skinny dipping in the creek.
他們以前常常脫了衣服在小河裏裸泳。
2. go on 進行；發生；
例句：She was oblivious to what was going on around her.
她沒有注意周圍發生的事。
3. be bad for 不利的；有害的；
例句：Caffeine is bad for your health.
咖啡因對人體健康有害。
4. go back to 回到（過去）；
例句：The best way to keep babies off sugar is to go back to the natural diet and eat lots of fresh fruit.
避免嬰兒攝入食糖的最好辦法是讓其迴歸自然的飲食，多吃新鮮水果。
