英语俚语习语小对话第353期: "辗转反侧"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第353期:辗转反侧

情景对话：

A: I am exhausted. I need some sleep.
我累死了，太缺乏睡眠了。

B: Didn’t you sleep well last night?
昨晚没睡好？

A: I twisted and turned all night, and couldn’t sleep. I was worried about my mother’s health.
我翻来覆去睡不着，担心我母亲的身体。

B: Don’t worry. It’s only a cold.
别担心，她只是感冒了。

对话精讲

1、地道表达

【地道短语】
twist and turn

【解词释义】
twist和turn都有“转身，改变方向”的意思。该习语的动作破像人失眠时在床上好做的动作，所以用它指“辗转反侧，难以成眠”。

【支持范例】
Unable to sleep,the patient twisted and turned in his bed.
病人在床上辗转反侧，不能入睡。

He twisted and turned in bed with a high fever.
他因为高烧在床上辗转反侧。

All that night I kept thinking of it, twisting and turning.
我当晚辗转反侧，一直不停地想着那件事情。

词海拾贝

all night：整夜

例句1：He brooded the problem all night.
他一整夜都在思考那个问题。

例句2：They were drowned in riot all night.
他们通宵沉浸在狂欢之中。

be worried about：对......感到忧虑，由于......而烦恼

例句1：People are becoming increasingly worried about pollution.
人们对污染越来越感到忧虑。

例句2：You're obviously worried about something; why not get it off your chest?
你显然有心事, 何不一吐为快?

句海拾贝

It’s only a cold.
释义：只不过是小感冒而已。