ESL杰夫的一天 第5期:起床讲解(4)

 　　"I sometimes wake up before the alarm goes off." “有时候我会在闹钟响之前醒来”。

　　When we say the alarm goes off, we mean that the alarm starts to make a sound. 我们说闹钟响了是指闹钟开始发出声音了。

　　Your alarm, "alarm," is a machine that makes noise at a certain time; usually it has a clock. 你的闹钟，“alarm”是在某个特定时间发出噪音的机器，一般它都有个时钟。

　　Well, "I sometimes wake up before my alarm" makes noise--my alarm goes off. “有时候我会在闹钟”制造噪音——闹钟响之前醒来。

　　"I like to keep the alarm at a low volume¹," meaning not very loud, "at a low volume, with some classical² music, nothing too jarring." “我喜欢把闹钟的声音调小”的意思是声音不大，“声音调小，放一些古典音乐，一点也不刺耳”。

　　When we say a sound is jarring, "jarring," we mean that it is loud and it causes you to jump or to be surprised. 我们说某种声音刺耳，“jarring”是指它声音很大，会让你跳起来或吓到。

　　It's something that is not very nice--not very pleasant. 这种东西不太友好——不太愉快。

　　A jarring noise would be one that bothers you, perhaps because it is very loud or it is not a very nice sound. 刺耳的声音会让你心烦，可能是因为它音量太大或者听起来不太友好。

　　So, I don't want my alarm to have a jarring noise, instead I play classical music. 所以，我不想让我的闹钟声音太刺耳，而是放一些古典音乐。

1 volume   

n.卷，册，体积，量，大量，音量

参考例句：

• This volume records the history of the country's revolution.这卷书记载了这个国家的革命历史。
• The volume of this container is 1000 cubic metres.这个集装箱的容量是1000立方米。

2 classical   

adj.古典的；古典文学的；正统派的；古典主义的

参考例句：

• This classical poem is hard to understand.这首古诗很费解。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。