跟艾米莉一起学口语 第589期:我们需要一个新的床垫

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toss and turn

辗转反侧

I think I have sleep problems. Every night I toss and turn in the bed and just can't fall asleep.

我觉得我有睡眠问题，每天晚上我都在床上辗转反侧，就是睡不着。

mattress¹

床垫

A: Wake up, honey. It's seven o'clock.

起床了，亲爱的，七点了。

B: I was having a wonderful dream.

我做了一个很美好的梦。

A: About me?

关于我？

B: Er...yes. I was dreaming about you.

呃...是的，我梦到你了。

A: You're such a liar².

你这个骗子。

B: We need a new mattress.

我们需要一个新的床垫。

A: What's the matter with this one?

这个床垫怎么了？

B: It's not comfortable.

这个不舒服。

A: It seems fine to me.

我觉得还可以。

B: I was tossing and turning all night.

昨晚我辗转反侧，彻夜未眠。

A: You should stop drinking coffee.

你不要再喝咖啡了。

B: Look at these marks on my arm.

看我膀子上的印记。

A: What are they?

这是什么？

B: They're bites.

它们是咬痕。

A: Did the cat bite you?

是猫咬你的吗？

B: The cat sleeps downstairs every night.

猫每天晚上都谁在楼下。

A: So what bit you?

那是什么咬你的？

B: The bedbugs in this mattress bit me.

床垫里的臭虫咬我的。

A: Okay. Let's get a new mattress.

好吧，我们换个新的床垫。

1 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

2 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。