JESSICA在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是怡茹要問的：夜貓子。??

YR: Hey Jessica! What are you doing on Friday?

JESSICA: Hmm, I don't know yet. What's up?

YR: Some of us are planning a sleep over at my apartment. 我們幾個都是夜貓子，準備好好看場家庭影院，再睡到自然醒！We are all late cats!

JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU，that's not how we say it. We call people who stay up late "night owls"!

YR: Night owls?

JESSICA: Exactly. Owl is spelled o-w-l, owl, 是貓頭鷹。Night owl, 就是夜貓子。不過我可不是夜貓子, I usually hit the hay around 10...

YR: Wait a second...hit the hay? 我知道hay是稻草的意思，你……你為什么要打稻草啊？

JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU! Hit the hay is just a common way of saying "to go to sleep". 就是睡覺的意思。

YR: 哈！真有意思，hit the hay! Hmm, I'm quite the opposite- I usually hit the hay very late, definitely after mid-night!

JESSICA: I really want to join you guys, but I never enjoy sleepovers. I'm a light sleeper. So normally I can't sleep well on sleepovers.

YR: Light sleeper? 讓我來猜猜，就是覺輕的意思，對嗎？

JESSICA: Bingo! A light sleeper can be easily awakened.

YR: 哦！那一睡著就雷都打不醒的人要怎么說呢？

Jessica: It's just the opposite! You can call them sound sleepers.

YR: A light sleeper, 覺輕的人；a sound sleeper, 覺沉的人。我想，我們的sleepover party可能真的不太適合你！那下次別的活動我再叫你吧！

Jessica: Okay! Now tell me what you've learned today!

YR: 第一：夜貓子叫做 night owl；.

第二：睡覺可以說 hit the hay；

第三：睡得沉的人是 a sound sleeper, 覺輕的人則是 a light sleeper！

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（來源：VOA英語教學 編輯：旭燕）