英语悠选脱口秀 第65期:早晨不起晚上不睡星人

 　　讲解

　　Today’s key word is Lifestyle

　　Lifestyle 生活方式

　　The lifestyle of a particular person or group of people is the living conditions, behavior, and habits that are typical or are chosen by them.

　　Here is an example:

　　Your choice of lifestyle is none of my business.

　　你选择什么样的生活方式跟我没有任何关系。

　　Talking about lifestyle, there are two kinds of people in this world. Morning Bird VS Night Owl¹ 晨起型和晚睡型在晨起型的人中， There are those hyperproductive(富有成效的) types who get an obnoxious（讨厌的） amount of stuff done first thing in the morning. 在其他人还在纠结要不要多睡5分钟的时候， They’ve already worked out, showered, made a (Probably Healthy) breakfast, updated all their social media and are fully² prepared to go out! 对于爱睡懒觉的人来说，it’s unbelievable!

　　而晚睡型的人呢？ There are the night owls³ who are up until all hours of the morning. Their evening — whether they’re going out to party or staying in to play with their smartphones — starts at like 9 p.m. 这种晚上不睡，早上不起的人对于morning birds 来说也是无法直视哒。

　　But each group is usually pretty sure that their lifestyle is the best. 作为晨起界的楷模，我们小编Jane表示 People! We are not lucky enough to be vampires⁴. So it is better for us to follow the laws of nature.

　　Mornings are the best time to get things done. The nighttime is dark and cold, 不适合人类活动。 而我，作为晚睡界的三好学生必须为我族人争辩一下： The evening is the only time when you can sit down with your friends to have a good old chat about something. Or maybe curl up next to a lamp and start that book you’ve been wanting to read for ages. Just think about how good that would be! So tell us: Areyou a morning bird or a night owl?

 

1 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

4 vampires   

n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门

参考例句：

• The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
• If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白