VOA慢速英语:Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

短语讲解：

1.This may sound like a lot of time, but it is not wasted.

a lot of 诸多; 许多的
例句：There was a big post/a lot of post this morning.
今早邮件很多。

2.And school-aged children may need more than 10 hours of sleep a night.

more than 超过; 不只是; 很; 在…次以上
例句：He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers.
他指导和培训了400多名志愿者。

3.When you’re tired you may not be able to control your eye muscles.

be able to 能够; 能，会
例句：They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break
他们可以帮忙照料孩子，这样你就可以歇一歇了。