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雲雀vs.貓頭鷹 EARLY BIRDS AND NIGHT OWLS

晨型人、夜型人，你是哪種類型?Which bird are you?

雖然所有受造的鳥類都是平等的，但一些夜貓子還是希望自己能早點起床。

如果你也屬於夜型貓頭鷹的一員，這裡倒是有些技巧能夠幫助你抓到「蟲」吃。

人們無法在一夜之間調整原本的就寢時間。

因此，對於那些想在天剛破曉就起床的夜貓子來說，必須從十五分鐘為一單位的改變開始。

比平常提早十五分鐘睡覺，然後提早十五分鐘醒來。

保持這個模式，一直到自己能一早就起床。

這調整雖然可能有點難度，但盡可能一早便讓多一點光線透進來。

拉開窗簾；打開燈；看看這樣對幫助自己開始新的一天有什麼影響。

要從夜型人變成晨型人，你得堅持每天早起。

不要週間努力早起，週末卻大睡懶覺。

訂一個起床的時間，然後每天照著做。

至於那些為數不少的夜貓子們，希望這些技巧能讓你的早晨變得可以忍受一點。

While all birds are created equal, some night owls wish they could rise earlier. If

you are one of them, here are some tips to help you catch that worm.

 People can't adjust their bedtimes overnight. So for those night owls wishing to rise at dawn, start with a 15-minute change. Go to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual and wake up that much earlier as well. Keep the pattern going until you find yourself rising with the sun.

 Though it may be challenging, start your morning with as much light as possible. Open the curtains. Turn on the lights. See what a difference it makes in helping you start your day.

 To make the change from owl to lark you need to be consistent and rise early every

day. Don't work hard to rise early during the week only to sleep in on weekends. Pick an hour to wake up, and do it every day.

 For the night owls out there, hopefully these tips will make your mornings more bearable.

bedtime （n.）就寢時間

Whenever Mom says bedtime, we start to get ready for bed by brushing our teeth.

Brent reads a bedtime story to his children every night.

Take two of these pills at bedtime for a week, and you should begin to feel better. 睡覺前吃兩顆藥

dawn （n.）黎明

It is common for Jake to wake up at dawn to get ready and leave for work so he can avoid heavy rush-hour traffic.

the crack of dawn 破曉；天剛亮的時刻

Our flight was very early, so we had to get up at  the crack of dawn to make it to hte airport in time.

dawn on somebody 使明白；意識到

It never  dawned on Darwinsomebody to ask whether or not his wife actually liked to go camping. 

all ＋ （n.）＋are created equal

to  ＋ （v.）＋overnight

rich overnight 一夜致富

as the crow flies  從點到點最短的距離-通常是直線距離【像烏鴉飛行一般】

Sam’s house is 10 kilometers from school as the crow flies.

make a beeline for 

Ted makes a beeline for the snacks.

consistent （adj.）持續的；一貫的

The teacher told the entire class that if they followed directions and were consistent about turning in their homework, they would pass the class. 

Melanie is so consistent in her work that her boss really relies on her. 

consistently （adv.）持續地；一貫地

The baseball team has consistently played well and won all of their games this season.

bearable （adv.）可忍受的；承受得起的 

Winter in northern Canada is barely bearable. 

Even though they were poor, the family had a happy home, which made life bearable for everyone.

The painkiller the doctor gave Mason didn’t take the pain completely away, but it did make it bearable .

turn on vs. open/ turns off vs. close

Opening the light switch or opening the water faucet

When it comes to your devices like your smartphone or tablet or computer, you turn on and off hardware

to sleep in/ late

That means you're sleeping later, especially much later than when the sun comes up.

It just meant that you slept ... it just means that you sleep late into the morning.

to oversleep

But if you say, "I overslept," that often means there was a plan, there was a place you had to be, or something you had to do, but you slept later than you wanted to.

out there

early bird vs night owl

high-maintenance

And we also talked about high-maintenance people, people that might need a lot of attention.

cliché

We use this word to talk about some overused phrases that if you use them, you're not really saying anything new, you're not being very creative

circular business

If we're talking about a company whose products can be recycled and reused instead of thrown away, the phrase is "circular business model."

to learn the hard way 費一番苦功才學會

If you learn something the hard way, it means you had to make that mistake or fail in order to learn a lesson

to sleepin

cowlick

A cowlick is when you have a part of your hair that stands up naturally, and it looks like a cow licked you right there on your head.