日日數羊兩千隻
Mark is complaining to Hilary about his recent insomnia.
馬克跟好朋友希拉蕊抱怨他最近的失眠狀況。
complain(v.)抱怨recent(adj.)最近的insomnia(n.)失眠
Mark: Can you believe I have been suffering from insomnia for 16 days?
馬克：你能想像我已經失眠16天了嗎？
believe(v.)相信suffer(v.)受苦於insomnia(n.)失眠
Hilary: My goodness, how can you take it any longer?
希拉蕊：我的天啊，你怎麼有辦法受得了？
take(v.)接受、忍受
Mark: I count almost two thousand sheep a day.
馬克：我每天都必須數羊數到兩千多隻。
count(v.)數
Hilary: How about trying to drink warm milk before bed?
希拉蕊：睡前喝溫熱的牛奶呢？
Mark: It hasn’t improved even when I take sleeping pills.
馬克：我連吃安眠藥也沒有改善。
improve(v.)改善sleeping pills安眠藥
Hilary: Do you take naps at noon or doze off?
希拉蕊：你白天有睡午覺或是打瞌睡嗎？
take naps小睡doze off打嗑睡
Mark: No, in order to change my schedule, I go to bed at exactly 6PM every night.
馬克：沒有，為了改變作息，我每天準時6點上床。
in order to為了⋯⋯change(v.)改變schedule(n.)行程exactly(adv.)精確地
Hilary: Maybe your problem is that you are in bed for too long. You may want to shorten your time in bed, it may be key to improving your sleep quality.
希拉蕊：或許待在床上太久就是你的問題。你可以縮短在床上的時間，可能會是改善你睡眠品質的關鍵。
shorten(v.)縮短key(n.)關鍵improve(v.)改善quality(n.)品質