2011-06-21&06-23 塞缪尔·杰克逊专访

 -Ah, tell, tell us about the book, Go the, Go the blank to Sleep. This is a, an actual a book, kind-of, sort of a joke, right? 

-Ah, from what I understand, the guy, ah, wrote on his blog last year as he was writing another book that he was gonna write a book called Go the blank to Sleep and people kept waiting for it comes. He started new land around with little verses¹ and things and he put it together. 

-Read, just read a page there. 

-Oh, Okay. 

-Ah, did you ever have a trouble getting children to go to sleep? 

-I never have a problem getting my daughter sleep because I ring a ragged² all day.

-You know, that’s beneficial³ in many many ways, not just sleeping.

-Right. 

-You’ve gotta keep him busy, you’ve gotta keep him busy.  

-I didn’t do the video game row or any of that, I took her to the playground, made around plus with the three-storey, four-storey round stone. And her flew the rooms gone third floor, I always send her there to get up. 

-Yeah. 

-Go get that, bring it to dad, you know. 

-Yeah. Whooped⁴. 

-Yes, twice an hour. Alright, here we are. 

-The eagles who soar⁵ through the sky are at rest. And the creatures who crawl⁶, run and creep⁷. I know you’re not thirsty. That’s blank Stop lying. Lie the blank down, my darling, and sleep. 

-Oh, yeah.

1 verses   

诗( verse的名词复数 )； 韵文； 诗节； (的)节

参考例句：

• He quotes a few verses from Tennyson in his paper. 他在论文中引用了英国诗人丁尼生的几行诗句。
• Tom sang the verses and everybody joined in chorus. 汤姆唱独唱部分，然后大家一起唱合唱部分。

2 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

3 beneficial   

adj.有益的，有帮助的

参考例句：

• I hope your holiday will be beneficial to you.我希望你的假期会对你有益。
• Sunshine is beneficial to plants.阳光对植物有益。

4 whooped   

叫喊( whoop的过去式和过去分词 )； 高声说； 唤起

参考例句：

• The bill whooped through both houses. 此提案在一片支持的欢呼声中由两院匆匆通过。
• The captive was whooped and jeered. 俘虏被叱责讥笑。

5 soar   

vi.猛增，高飞，升腾，高涨，屹立

参考例句：

• The eagle can soar without flapping their wings.老鹰无需振翼就能翱翔。
• Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing ￡60 billion.借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑。

6 crawl   

vi.／n.爬行，匍匐行进；缓慢(费力)地行进

参考例句：

• We learn to crawl before we learn to walk.我们学会走路之前先要学会爬。
• She slowed the car to a crawl.她把车开得很慢。

7 creep   

vi.爬行，匍匐；蹑手蹑足地走，缓慢地行进

参考例句：

• The baby is just learning to creep.这个婴儿才学着爬。
• I would not creep along the coast.我不愿在岸边爬行。