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每個人都需要睡眠，讓身體得到充分的休息後，才有能量繼續生活。睡眠的狀況也與你的身體健康息息相關。但睡眠也有很多種不同的狀態，該如何精準地表達呢？
Let’s talk的英文老師列舉出12個與睡眠有關的語句，當別人問及你時，便能夠更清楚地描述睡眠的型態。
1. Go to Bed
這表示一個上床睡覺的動作。
Example – Last night I went to bed at 9pm.
2. Fall asleep
指入睡，即閉上眼睛後，從清醒到睡著的過程。
Example – I’m so tired I could fall asleep right now.
3. To take a nap/ Siesta
打個盹/午睡。打盹是指在白天小睡片刻、稍作休息。
Example – I feel so tired this afternoon, I think I will take a nap.
4. A heavy sleeper
睡得很熟，有些人睡著後很容易就進入深層睡眠，不會被任何噪音干擾。
Example – My husband is a heavy sleeper even the loud siren didn’t wake him up last night.
5. Light sleeper
淺眠，有些人則是很容易睡到一半就醒來。
Example – My husband is a light sleeper even the loud siren didn’t wake him up last night.
6. Sleeps like a baby
睡得像個嬰兒，指睡得很香甜。
Example – After a glass of wine I slept like a baby.
7. Tossing and turning
輾轉反側，指翻來覆去睡得不太好。
Example – I didn’t get a wink of sleep; I was tossing and turning all night.
8. Snoring
打鼾。
Example – I could not sleep because of your loud snoring.
9. Insomnia
失眠。
Example – I have to go see a doctor; I think I am suffering from Insomnia.
10. To get up / wake up at the crack of dawn
要在清晨時醒來、是指非常早起。
Example – We had a morning flight to catch so we woke up at the crack of dawn.
11. Sleep in
是指睡得較晚的意思。
Example – On weekends I usually sleep in till late afternoon.
12. To crawl back in bed
爬回床上，指的是睡回籠覺。
Example – This morning I skipped work and crawled back in bed.
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