ESL杰夫的一天 第109期:睡前准备和睡觉讲解(1)(在线收听

 This episode is called "Getting Ready for Bed and Going to Sleep." 这一部分叫做“睡前准备和睡觉。”

"At 10:30, I decide to get ready for bed," to do the things I need to do so I can go to sleep. “晚上10:30,我决定上床睡觉,”做我需要做的事情,这样我就能上床睡觉。
"When I was little, my mother would read me a bedtime story." “在我小的时候,我妈妈会给我读睡前故事。”
Bedtime, "bedtime," (all one word) is, of course, the time that you go to bed — that you go to your bed so you can sleep. 就寝时间(bedtime)(一个词)当然是你上床睡觉的时间——你上了床这样你才能睡觉。
A bedtime story is a story you would tell a child to help them fall asleep. 睡前故事是你讲给孩子听的帮助他们入睡的故事。
Many children like to be told a bedtime story. 很多孩子都喜欢听睡前故事。
These are often what we would call fairy tales, "fairy" tales, "tales." 这些故事也就是我们常说的童话(fairy tales)。
A tale is just another word for a story, and a fairy tale is a story about something that isn't true, usually with imaginary characters. “Tale”是另一个表示“故事”的词,童话不是真实的故事,里面的人物通常是虚构的。
"I'm looking forward to having that ritual with my own kids someday." “我期待以后也能和我的孩子有这样的惯例。”
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