每天三分钟学英语 第475期:你的起床闹铃设几个?

 It takes me sometime¹ to actually² get up.
我每天真正从床上起来需要一段时间。

I hit the snooze button³ at least⁴ 5 times, but I’m usually up by 8.
我至少要按5次贪睡按钮。 但我一般8点前会起来。

Snooze button
snooze [snuːz]
延时按钮，贪睡按钮

I was⁶ supposed⁷ to get up at 6, but I hit the snooze too many times.
我本来应该在6点起床的，但我按了太多次延时按钮。

I wish alarms⁸ didn't have a snooze button so I could⁹ get up on time.
我希望闹钟没有贪睡键，这样我就可以准时起床了。

Hit [hɪt]
按下

I hit the home button, but it didn't do anything. I think my phone's frozen¹⁰.
我按了home键，但没有任何反应。我觉得我的手机死机了。

Ok, the show's about to start. Can you hit the lights?
好了，表演马上开始了。你能开一下灯吗？

Be up by…
在…前起床

We have to be up by 5 AM in order¹¹ to catch the flight¹².
我们得在5点前起来才不会错过飞机。

I went to bed early. I was up by 7 this morning.
我昨晚睡得早。我今早不到7点就起来了。

The first thing I do when I’m awake¹³ is check my phone.
我醒来后第一件事情就是看我的手机。

Check my phone
查看手机

Hold on a second. I have to check my phone. I'm expecting¹⁴ an important¹⁵ call.
等一下，我得看看我手机。我在等一通很重要的电话。

Can you stop checking your phone and talk to me?
你能不要老看你手机吗？能和我说下话吗？

As⁵ I’m lying¹⁶ in bed, I check my messages and the weather.
我会躺在床上看信息和天气。

Check my messages
查看我的信息

How come you never check your messages? I never hear back from you.
你怎么会从来不看信息？你从来不回我信息。

Let me check my messages really quick.
让我快速看一眼我的信息。

Once I’m out of bed, it’s time to get myself¹⁷ ready.
我起床以后就会开始收拾好自己。

Get oneself¹⁸ ready
准备好，把自己收拾好

I'll get myself ready and then we can go. Just give me 10 minutes.
我去准备一下然后我们就可以走了。给我10分钟。

Rita's upstairs¹⁹ getting herself²⁰ ready. She always takes a long time.
Rita在楼上收拾自己。她总是要花很久。

1 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

2 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

3 button   

n.钮扣，按钮；v.扣住

参考例句：

• Press the button,then the machine will work.按下电钮，机器就能转动了。
• Push the button on top of the camera.按一下相机上面的按钮。

4 least   

adj.最小(少)的；adv.最少(小；不)；n.最小(少)

参考例句：

• He spends at least a part of his time in reading. 他至少有一部分空闲时间看书。
• The trip will take ten days,at least.这趟旅行顶少得10天时间。

5 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 supposed   

adj.（按规定、法律、协议等）（不）应当；假定的；（只用于否定句）不准；（对某人所说的话表示气愤或不大理解）那是什么意思v.料想( suppose的过去式和过去分词)；意味着；[用于被动语态]认为应该；[用于祈使句]让

参考例句：

• Journalists are supposed to be politically neutral. 新闻工作者在政治上应持中立态度。
• I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked . 我本来应该在写信，但后来恐怕是分心干别的去了。

8 alarms   

n.警钟( alarm的名词复数 )v.警告( alarm的第三人称单数 )；使惊慌；使惊恐；给（门等）安装警报器

参考例句：

• We have fully functional smoke alarms on all staircases. 我们在各层楼梯都安装有完全可用的烟雾警报器。 来自辞典例句
• Alarms went off and the sprinkler system turned on. 顿警铃大响，漏水系统也启动了。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号

9 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

10 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

11 order   

n.订单；命令；n.顺序，整齐；勋章；阶级，决议；vt.命令； 调整；定购

参考例句：

• His desk is always in order.他的书桌上总是整整齐齐的。
• You pay for it at the time you order it.订购时就得付款。

12 flight   

n.飞行，飞机的航程，航班；逃跑

参考例句：

• I want to change my flight.我想变更飞行班次。
• I lost my flight ticket.我的飞机票丢了。

13 awake   

adj.醒的；v.唤醒，唤起，醒来

参考例句：

• The baby awake is looking here and there.醒着的婴儿东张西望。
• Please awake me at six.请6点钟唤醒我。

14 expecting   

adj.怀孕的v.期望( expect的现在分词 )；预料；要求；认为（某事）会发生

参考例句：

• My sister's expecting a baby . 我姐姐怀孕了。
• The party is expecting to gain control of the council in the next election. 该党期待着在下次选举中获得对地方议会的控制权。

15 important   

adj.重要的；重大的；严重的

参考例句：

• It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
• This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。

16 lying   

躺

参考例句：

• He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying. 他认定部长说谎，事实果然如此。
• She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying. 她对暗示她在说谎的言论嗤之以鼻。

17 myself   

pron.我自己

参考例句：

• Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
• I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。

18 oneself   

pron.[反身代词]自己；亲自，本人

参考例句：

• If one wants to learn it,one must do it oneself.要想学会它就得亲自去做。
• It is not good to think only of oneself.只为自己着想是不好的。

19 upstairs   

adj.楼上的；adv.在楼上，往楼上，高水平地，上层地，头脑上地；n.楼上

参考例句：

• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.他宁愿在楼下见我，而不愿在楼上。
• I think I'll go upstairs and have a sleep.我想上楼去睡一觉。

20 herself   

pron.她自己

参考例句：

• The little girl wrote the letter all by herself. 这小女孩自己写了这封信。
• She should do her homework herself.她应该自己做作业。