toss and turn 辗转反侧
I was tossing and turning all night, but I couldn get to sleep.我整夜辗转反侧,但是没睡着。
insomnia 失眠
Thankfully I don really have insomnia, but every now and again, I find it difficult to get to sleep.幸运的是我并没有真的失眠,但时不时地,我发现很难入睡。
sounds counter-intuitive 听起来是有悖直觉的
And it sounds counter-intuitive, but trust me Ive got decades of data behind this statement: If you cannot sleep, get out of bed. That it is the opposite of what you might expect.这听起来是有悖直觉的,但相信我,我有数十年的数据支持这项表述:如果你睡不着,那就起床吧。它与你的预期相反。
put you to sleep 让你入睡
When you e in bed and you e not asleep and you do that over, and over, and over again for extended periods of time, the ability of the bed to put you to sleep starts getting diluted.当你躺在床上未能入睡,你一遍又一遍,一遍又一遍,长时间这样做的时候,床让你入睡的能力开始削弱。
gett replaced by 被……所取代
Not only that, it starts getting replaced by thinking, and tossing and turning, and worrying, and doing all these things.不仅如此,入睡开始被思考、辗转反侧、担忧和所有这些事情所取代。
prevent chronic insomnia 预防长期失眠
When you e not asleep, get out of bed.This is probably one of the most effective ways to prevent chronic insomnia. Its also one of the really effective ways to treat it.当你睡不着的时候,就起床吧。这或许是预防长期失眠最有效的方法之一。它同样是治疗失眠真的有效的方法之一。