ESL杰夫的一天 第1期:起床(1)

 　　The worst part of the day for me is definitely¹ when I have to get up. 对我来说，一天中最糟糕的事情莫过于起床了。

　　Waking up, that I can handle. But getting up? That, I hate. 醒来，我倒是可以。但是起床？我很讨厌。

　　The covers I have on my bed are heavy, mostly because I have a comforter as well as a light blanket. 我床上盖的东西很重，大多是因为我有一床被子和一条薄毯。

　　I sleep with two pillows², which for some reason have different color pillowcases. Well, at least the sheets match. 我睡觉要用两个枕头，由于某种原因，它们有不同颜色的枕套。管它呢，至少被单和床单的颜色是一样的。

　　I sometimes wake up before the alarm goes off. 有时候我会在闹钟响之前醒来。

　　I like to keep the alarm at a low volume³, with some classical⁴ music, nothing too jarring. 我喜欢把闹钟的声音调小，放一些古典音乐，一点也不刺耳。

　　My old roommate used to like the terrible buzzer⁵ that you find on most alarm clocks nowadays, which always used to drive me nuts. 我以前的室友喜欢那种很吵的闹铃，现在这种铃声在闹钟上很常见，那时候这些声音经常会把我逼疯。

　　As I was saying, I sometimes wake up before the alarm, usually because of some noise outside the house- 我说过，有时候我会在闹铃响之前醒来，一般是因为屋外的一些噪音——

　　a car door slamming⁶, an alarm going off, gunfire-well, okay, not gunfire, but man, is my neighborhood noisy! 轿车摔门声、汽车报警声、枪火声——呃，好吧，没有枪火声，可是天哪，我的邻居可真是吵啊！

　　Of course, when I'm staying in a hotel, it's usually easier to just get a wake up call from the hotel than set the alarm. 当然，住宾馆的时候，接到宾馆的叫醒电话通常比设置闹钟要简单得多。

　　I'm not really an early riser, so I don't jump out of bed ready to take on the world. 我并不是早起型的人，所以我不会跳下床准备好迎接新的一天。

　　I get up very slowly, usually one foot on the floor at a time. Every once in a while I'll oversleep, but not too often. 我起床很缓慢，通常一只脚一只脚地下地。我时不时还会睡过头，不过不频繁。

　　I really love the weekends, when I can sleep in. 我很喜欢周末，那时候可以睡懒觉。

1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 pillows   

n.枕头( pillow的名词复数 )；用作枕头的东西

参考例句：

• She lay back against the pillows. 她半躺半坐靠在枕头上。
• He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 volume   

n.卷，册，体积，量，大量，音量

参考例句：

• This volume records the history of the country's revolution.这卷书记载了这个国家的革命历史。
• The volume of this container is 1000 cubic metres.这个集装箱的容量是1000立方米。

4 classical   

adj.古典的；古典文学的；正统派的；古典主义的

参考例句：

• This classical poem is hard to understand.这首古诗很费解。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

5 buzzer   

n.蜂鸣器；汽笛

参考例句：

• The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
• Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。

6 slamming   

n.砰击v.砰地关上（门或窗）( slam的现在分词 )；用力一放；使劲一推；猛劲一摔

参考例句：

• When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. 当理查德夫人向他走去时，他把门“砰”的一声关上就跑开了。 来自《用法词典》
• "All right,'said Vance, slamming the coach door, and the conveyance rolled away. “行了，"万斯说，砰的一声关上车门，车子就上路了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹