地道美語：Beauty Sleep（音頻文字）

地道美語：Beauty Sleep 來源：VOA Jessica在北京學中文，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麽說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Lulu要問的：美容覺。 Jessica：Hey Lulu，I haven't seen you in ages! How's it going? LULU: 很好很好！就是工作太忙。How are you doing yourself? Jessica: I'm good! Speaking of which, some of us are going to Karaoke tonight, you've got to come with us. LULU: 我想去，但我明天得見一個大客戶，我們又是公關公司，得保持好形象。所以我今天得早點回家，睡個美容覺。 Jessica: Beauty sleep? You don't need a beauty sleep, Lulu, you are always beautiful. LULU: 哈！原來美容覺就是 beauty sleep! 真好記。說真的，前一段時間為了搞定這個大客戶，我整天加班，睡也睡不好！所以，我得回家補補覺！對了，這個補覺用美語要怎麽說呀？ Jessica: Let me see....you can say you need to catch up on some Zs. LULU: 啊？Catch up on some Zs? Jessica: 對啊，here we use the capital letter Z. It refers to the sound you make when you are asleep. Zzzz....you know? LULU: 哈哈，太形象了！Catch up on some Zs, 就是補覺的意思！那睡得不踏實，翻來覆去，又要怎麽說呢？ Jessica: We call that toss and turn. Toss is spelled t-o-s-s, toss; and turn, t-u-r-n; toss and turn! 這個詞組的意思就是輾轉反側，難以入眠! LULU: 我最近因為要給這個客戶寫商業計劃，老是睡不好。I've been tossing and turning all night lately. Jessica: Oh poor girl! You know what? I think you need to go home and get some shut-eye, we will hang out some other time! LULU: Wait..get some shut-eye? 這難道是休息眼睛的意思嗎？ Jessica: It's close! Actually to get some shut-eye also means to catch up on some sleep, 也是睡覺的意思！ LULU: Ok, I will go home now and get a 10-hour sleep! Jessica: Sounds good! Before you go, tell me what you've learned today! LULU: 第一，美容覺叫做 beauty sleep; 第二，補覺可以說 catch up on some Zs, 或者get some shut-eye; 第三，輾轉反側，叫做 toss and turn.

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• One becomes a sleeping beauty when she is beauty sleeping, right -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/06/2012 postreply 20:40:56

• Good one. Hi, 北京二號, have a sweet dream... -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/06/2012 postreply 20:45:09