
1. You look terrible! What’s the matter?
2. I haven’t slept a wink. It was a really bad idea to move to a flat next to a pub.
3. So, we can use ‘I haven’t slept a wink’ to say that we are very tired because we haven’t had much sleep. (Yawns)
译文:
1. 你看起来很糟糕!发生了什么事?
2. 我[昨晚]几乎没合过眼。搬到酒馆旁边的公寓真是一个坏主意。
3. 我们用 ‘I haven’t slept a wink’ 来表达我们很累了,因为我们[昨晚]没怎么睡觉。(打哈欠)
wink = 眼睛一闭一合,眨眼
not sleep a wink = 几乎没合过眼
flat = apartment, 公寓,套房
pub = 小酒馆 [英国人经常去的社交场所,周末人很多而且音乐声音很大]
yawn = 打哈欠
口语练习:
Our baby cried all night, and we did not sleep a wink.
He went to bed early, but he tossed and turned all night and did not sleep a wink.
[toss and turn 以前学过了,还记得吗?]
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