2019-03-08 | 小编:Hosea | 0 |
今天我们聊一聊关于睡觉的事儿
相关词汇/表达:
Insomnia 失眠
Nocturnal 日夜颠倒的人
Early bird
=morning person 早起的人
Night awl 熬夜的人
Pull an all-nighter 熬夜(学习、工作)
Nighttime 夜晚
Nightmare 噩梦
Pajamas 睡衣
Sleepwalk 梦游
The middle of the nigh 半夜
Alarm clock 闹钟
Yawn and stretch打哈欠和伸懒腰
It’s important to get a good night’s sleep
晚上睡个好觉很重要
Relax = loosen up = kick back and relax
= let off (some) steam
= wind down= unwind
= let one’s hair down 放松
题型分析
1)Is it necessary to take a nap every day?
审题:
题干中的时态是一般现在时,因此这道题问的是:“你现在是否认为每天小睡一下很有必要?”
关键词:
necessary必要的,
take a nap every day每天小睡一下
问题解析/答题策略:
关于重要性或必要性的问题,我一直强调,一定要仔细分析题干中的内容,看看是否题干中的内容真的是必要或重要的。说白了,有些题目的内容就限制了我们的答案。打比方说,如果题目是“Is water important or is it important to save water?”,
水的重要性是地球人公认的,因此对于这道题来说,不建议大家说出“水不重要”或者“在某种情况下水重要,在另外一种情况下水不重要”的答案,因为这种答案尽管听起来富有创造力,但却与主流思想背道而驰。
话说回来,关于每天小睡一会儿这个事,我觉得它的必要性就没那么明显了吧。当然了,小睡一会儿的确可以起到帮你充能、恢复神气的作用,但是难道不睡就会死么?而且题目中有一个“every day”我就更不能同意了,偶尔小睡一下我是赞成的,但赞成并不代表我认为它是必要的,更别说每天都小睡一会儿了。
分析到这里,思路应该基本清晰了,我的观点是,小睡必然有好处,但我不认为每天小睡一会儿是必要的。因此,就这道题而言,我选择让步转折的答题结构。
参考答案:
Well, obviously taking a nap may offer immediate benefits as it could, more or less, charge one’s batteries and allow one to work effectively for the rest of the day. However, personally i wouldn’t say it’s necessary. (I mean) for one thing professionals like pilots or surgeons simply can’t afford to take a nap every day due to the nature of their jobs. For another, it wouldn’t make much of a difference to us whether we take a nap or not. I mean it wouldn’t give the same effect as taking some sort of steroids(运动员服用的兴奋剂), right? By the same token, even if we don’t take naps at all, it won’t necessarily affect how well we perform a task as long as you get sufficient sleep at night.
中文大意:
嗯,很明显,打个盹能带来立竿见影的效果,因为它或多或少能给人带来充能提神的效果,让人们能够在一天剩下的时间里高效工作。然而,就我个人而言,我不认为这是必要的。(我的意思是)一方面,像飞行员或外科医生这样的专业人士,由于工作性质的原因,根本没有时间每天午睡。另一方面,我们是否小睡也没有太大的影响。我的意思是它不会产生和服用类固醇一样的效果,对吧?同样的道理,即使我们根本不午睡,只要晚上有充足的睡眠,也不一定会影响到我们的工作表现。
亮点词汇/表达:
offer immediate benefits
带来立竿见影的好处
More or less或多或少
Charge one’s batteries 给某人充能
For one thing, for another
一方面,另一方面(用来解释原因)
By the same token =similarly 同理
As long as 只要
2)o old people sleep a lot? Why?
审题:
题干中的时态是一般现在时,这道题问的是一个现象,老年人睡得多吗?
关键词:
old people, sleep a lot
问题解析:
常识告诉我们,老年人对睡眠的需求不高,每天睡4-6个小时就够了。所以我想大多数人都会直接选择YES+拓展+例子的答法。但是,对于一般现在时的题目我都会告诉我的学生们要格外的小心,其原因就是这种题目实际上是让我们去以全概偏地去概括,但是既然都有“偏”了,我希望大家也可以在答案中体现出来。
换言之,希望大家可以使用most old people..., old people tend to... 或者old people generally....等概括性句型让考官知道我们的答案中的目标群体是大多数的老年人。答案确定后,下一步就是去想理由了。其实这道题如果真的想说的有理有据就需要我们用到科学依据来解释,想想就麻烦,不如直接采取“不讲理”的答法:直接说老年人睡眠少就是一个正常的变老过程中的现象就OK了。况且雅思口语考的不是一个人的知识面,也就是说,我们可以不知道问题的答案,但是要给出我们的猜测。既然都都是猜测了,我们就要在说明理由前面说i guess/i suppose.
参考答案:
Not really. In fact, I believe that old people tend to sleep just a little every day. Although I have no concrete scientific evidence to back up my claim, we can pretty much all agree that the elderly sleep much less than an average adult, which I believe is just common knowledge, isn't it? Perhaps, it's just part of the aging process for humans. (For example, my grandparents sleep roughly 5 or 6 hours a day, but I have to sleep at least hours in order for me to feel rejuvenated the next day.) 括号部分内容可说可不说
中文大意:
并不是。事实上,我认为老年人往往只睡一点点。虽然我没有确凿的科学证据来支持我的判断,但我们可以认同的是老年人的睡眠时间比一般成年人要少得多。这是常识。也许,这只是人类衰老过程的一部分。(例如,我的祖父母每天大约睡5或6个小时,但我必须至少睡上几个小时,以便第二天感到精力充沛。)
亮点词汇/表达:
Not really
表明了我并不认为老年人睡的多,
但是同时也承认部分老年人也会睡的多。
Tend to 倾向...
Concrete scientific evident
确凿的科学证据
Back up支撑
Common knowledge
常识,大家都知道得事
Rejuvenated
精力充沛的,精神抖擞的
3)What time do you usually go to bed?
审题:
又是一道一般现在时的题目,意思是,你通常什么时候睡觉?
关键词:
usually
答题策略:
因为题目中已经出现了usually这个词,那就不用考虑特殊情况了,直接说正常什么时间睡觉就好了,但要解释为什么这个时间睡。如果觉得答案太短的话,我们可以把特殊情况作为拓展部分说出来。
参考答案:
Well, I usually go to bed around midnight, which is pretty typical for a student in China. I usually have tons of work to do before hitting the sack, and I can’t go to bed until I have finished all my work. For instance, last Monday I pulled an all-nighter just to finish a history paper. (However, on the weekends, when there aren’t any parties to go to, I usually go to bed a bit earlier, around 9 or 10ish so that I can get more sleep.)
中文大意:
嗯,我通常在半夜睡觉,这对于一个中国学生来说是很普遍的事。我通常在睡觉前有大量的工作要做,我不能上床睡觉,直到我完成我所有的工作。例如,上周一,我熬了一个通宵,只是为了完成一篇历史论文。然而,在周末,当没有任何聚会去的时候,我通常在晚上9, 10点左右睡觉。这样我就能得到更多的睡眠。
4)Do you always have a good sleep?
审题:
你总是睡得很好吗?
关键词:
always
题目解析:
改题干中出现的绝对词“always”,那就不废话,直接否定,因为即使睡眠再好的人也不可能总是睡的很好,因为一生中肯定有那么一次,两次因为别人吵到你,或者因为某事而不得不早起的经历。只要有一次,两次没睡好就不是always睡得好了。但如果一般情况下都睡的还不错的话,就用让步转折的结构来作答。
Well, I wish I did. More often than not, I have a hard time falling asleep and even when I do fall asleep, my brain will most likely remain active creating all kinds of dreams. So, unfortuantely I rarely have a good sleep and I guess that probably has something to do with my neurological system. Well, the good news is, I have been told that Chinese herbal medicine may help improve my sleep quality so I'm going to give it a shot.
我希望如此。通常情况下,我很难入睡,即使我真的睡着了,我的大脑也很可能会一直活跃地做梦。所以,我很少有好的睡眠,我想这和我的神经系统有关。有人告诉我中药可能帮助改善我的睡眠质量,所以我要试一试。
亮点词汇/表达:
I wish i did 用I wish+从句
表示与事实相反的情况
More often than not 通常
Have something to do with
...与...有关系
Neurological system神经系统
I have been told 被动语态 表示得知
Give it a shot 试一试
5)Do you like to read before bed?
审题:
一般现在时,问的是:
“你喜欢在睡前读书吗?”
题目解析/答题策略:
喜好类题目,就这道题而言有3种答案可能性:
1.喜欢 yes i do
2.不喜欢 No, I don’t
3.视情况而定
it depends...sometimes I do when...., sometimes I don’t when....
遵循内心真实声音,自然地作答就好了,但需要在给出观点后提供理由。实在想不到好理由就用 “不讲理”式的答法,也就是我就喜欢或我就不喜欢,毕竟人各有好嘛There is no accounting for taste。
参考答案:
Well, unfortunately I don’t, in fact I find reading books kind of boring. Despite all the good things about reading books, like expanding my knowledge and all that, I just fail to appreciate its value and don’t seem to have the motivation to pick up a book to read. I guess it’s just not my thing.
中文大意:
很遗憾我并不喜欢睡前读书,事实上我觉得读书有点无聊。尽管读书有很多好处,比如扩大我的知识面等等,但我就是无法欣赏它的价值,似乎也没有动力拿起一本书来读。我想那不是我的菜。
亮点词汇/表达:
Unfortunately 很遗憾(上过的课同学应该知道我对这个副词情有独钟)表示我认可读书是件值得做的事情,只不过我没做而已。
Kind of =sort of =a little bit 有点,几许
Despite...,...让步转语从句中的一个句型
Fail to do...无法做到...
Not my thing不是我的菜
6)How have your sleeping habits changed since you were young?
审题:
How引导的现在完成时,题目问的是:“自从小时候,你的睡眠习惯是怎样改变的?”读不懂题干的小朋友可以把这道题拆成2个问题来看。第一个问题是“ Have your sleeping habitats changed since you were young?(自从小时候你的睡眠习惯发生变化了吗?)”如果有变化的话,再问一下自己“How?”(如何变化的,发生了怎样的变化)?
关键词:
how, change, since you were young
答题思路:
大家不要被这个”How”所迷惑,其实就是在问你是否有变化,如果有,把变化说明一下就基本完成答题任务了。所以首要任务就是先确定从小的时候到现在睡眠习惯是否有变化。如果有的话,就说明从哪几个方面上产生了变化,例如睡眠长度,作息时间,睡眠的频次等。很明显,我们需要用到一些对比句型来比较今夕的睡眠习惯上的差异。如果没有变化的话(这种可能几乎不存在),就说明一下没有变化的原因。
参考答案:
Well, drastic changes with regards to my sleeping habits have transpired since my childhood and also in different ways. First of all, i used to sleep quite a lot when i was a toddler, but ever since i entered junior high school it’s been a real luxury to sleep more than 8 hours. I know you may think I am overstating it but sadly that’s indeed the case. In addition, compared to my sleeping habits when I was a student, I now tend to be awakened more often in the night, which of course is a sign of aging.
嗯,我的睡眠习惯以不同的方式发生了巨大的变化。首先,当我还是个蹒跚学步的孩子的时候,我睡的很多,但是自从我进入初中以来,睡超过8个小时变成了一种奢侈。我知道你可能认为我夸大其词了,但可悲的是事实确实如此。此外,与我还是学生时的睡眠习惯相比,我现在更容易在夜间醒来,这当然是衰老的标志。
亮点词汇/表达:
With regards to 关于
Transpire 发生
Overstate 夸大其词
that's the case 这就是事实
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