(单词翻译:单击)
Lucy checks her alarm, or her alarm clock, to make sure that it is on and then she lays down.
露西检查她的闹铃,或者闹钟,确定是开着的,然后躺下了 。
To lay, "lay," down means to put your body onto the bed.
躺下的意思就是躺在床上 。
To lay down can also be used when you are putting your body down on the floor.
躺在地板上也可以使用这个词 。
Lucy says that she has "this same ritual every night." A ritual, "ritual," is similar to a routine.
露西说她每天晚上都做同样的事情 。习惯,“ritual”,类似于惯例 。
It's when you do the same things in the same way over and over again.
是你用同样的方式反复做同样的事情 。
Every day you get up, you brush your teeth, you watch television, you go to work.
每天,你起床,刷牙,看电视,上班 。
That could be your ritual - your routine - what you do on a regular basis.
这可能是你的习惯或者常规做法——定期做事 。
Ritual can also refer to a religious ceremony - a religious event, but here it just means the things that Lucy does every night.
宗教仪式——一种宗教活动也可以称为“ritual” 。但是在这里,是指露西每天晚上做的事情 。
She thinks that doing this ritual in the same way every night helps her "fall asleep more easily."
她认为每天晚上用同样的方式做同样的事情有助于她“更容易入睡” 。
To fall, "fall," asleep means to go to sleep. "It's not long," she says, "before I am fast asleep."
入睡意思就是去睡觉 。“不久”,她说,“我就睡着了” 。
To be fast asleep, "fast," means that you are completely asleep - that you cannot be easily woken up.
睡着,意思是你完全入睡,不会轻易醒来 。
You are very asleep, you might say. You are fast asleep.
你可能说,你睡的很熟 。我睡着了 。
Well, I hope you have not fallen fast asleep and are ready to listen to our story again, this time at a regular speed.
嗯,我希望你没有睡着,准备再次听我们的故事 。这次是正常语速 。