【推理类英语听力】27

A: How is Billy doing?

B: He's doing well. 

A: Does he keep you up at night?

B: He only wakes² up once to eat and then falls back asleep³.

A: You're lucky⁴. Madeline used⁵ to wake¹ up every hour. She would⁶ be hungry or need to have her diaper changed. I didn't get much sleep then.

 

What are they talking about?

 

 Their pets

 Their babies

 Their husbands

 Their bosses

1 wake   

vt.叫醒，激发；vi.醒来，醒着；警觉，振奋；n.醒；守夜；尾迹，痕迹

参考例句：

• Please wake me up at six.请在六点钟叫醒我。
• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!安静点！别把全家人都吵醒了！

2 wakes   

v.醒( wake的第三人称单数 )；唤醒；唤起（记忆）；使再次感觉到

参考例句：

• In spring nature wakes from her long winter sleep. 春天大自然从长长的冬眠中苏醒过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On holidays the little town wakes up. 每逢假日，这个小城镇就活跃起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 asleep   

adj.睡熟了的，麻木的；adv.熟睡地

参考例句：

• The baby seems to be asleep.那婴孩好像是睡着了。
• My right foot is asleep.我的右脚麻木了。

4 lucky   

adj.幸运的，侥幸的，碰巧的，吉祥的

参考例句：

• Three is my lucky number.三是我的幸运数字。
• You are a lucky dog.你真是个幸运儿。

5 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

6 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？