影片簡介

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inability to0:57
影片例句：Scientific symptoms of sleep inertia are poor memory and reaction time, inability to perform basic math and the suffering of alertness or attention.
例句翻譯：睡眠遲鈍的症狀包括記憶力差、反應遲鈍、無法做基本的算數、無法提高警覺、失去注意力。

inability to do something 就是沒有能力做某件事，ability 加上 -in 字首代表「缺乏能力」。同樣的字有 capability -> incapability, competence -> incompetence, capability -> incapability。
E.g., His inability to understand simple instructions got him fired.
他連簡單的指示都無法理解，所以被開除了。

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responsive1:36
影片例句：People in this stage aren't responsive when you call their name and abnormal behaviors like bedwetting or sleepwalking are a part of the end of this stage.
例句翻譯：在此睡眠階段的人對於外界的呼叫不會有反應，尿床或是夢遊等異常行為則發生在此階段的末期。

responsive 是從 respond 變話而來的形容詞，意思就是「有反應的」。同時這個字也常用在 responsive design，也就是設計是響應式的，適合在電腦跟手機上使用。
E.g., This site is designed to be responsive so that everyone can access it whichever way they choose.
這個網站是響應式的設計，所以你要怎麼讀取都可以。

補充：
respond (v.): 反應
response (n.): 反應
responsive (adj.): 有反應的
responsible (adj.): 有責任的

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goes off1:57
影片例句：If your alarm goes off when you're in stage three, the deepest of sleep, Then you'll be jolted awake, and you'll get the worst of sleep inertia!
例句翻譯：如果鬧鈴在第三階段時響起，也就是你最熟睡的時候，那你就會猛然醒過來，而且會有嚴重的睡眠遲鈍。

go off 就是「響了、開了」的意思。go 有許多動詞片語，也就是他跟不同的介系詞搭配就會有不一樣的意思。

補充：
go away: 走開
go on: 繼續
go out: 出去
go along / go with: 順著某人或某事做

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gradually3:14
影片例句：And don't set alarms every half-hour, you're not gradually waking yourself up. you're interrupting and restarting your sleep over and over again.
例句翻譯：也不要每半個小時就設一個鬧鈴，你不會漸漸把自己叫醒，反而，你是在不停地打斷、然後重新開始你的睡眠。

gradually 就是「漸漸地」，也可以說 slowly, bit by bit, progressively 等。注意他是副詞喔，只能修飾動詞或形容詞。
E.g., I am gradually falling in love with VidTalk!
我漸漸地愛上VidTalk了！

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night owl3:54
影片例句：I used to be a night owl, I'd be up till two, three in the morning, and wake up mid-day. But having to be up to everyday for DNews has made a morning person in some ways, and it's completely changed my sleep/wake cycle.
例句翻譯：我以前是夜貓子，兩三點才睡，中午才起床，但自從要每天來 DNews，我也慢慢變成早起鳥了，整個改變我的睡眠時程。

night owl 是夜貓頭鷹！阿不是，中文叫做「夜貓子」。相反的，早起的人會叫做 morning person。
E.g., I don't like being an night owl, but I have to. All my friends are nocturnal.
我也不想當夜貓子，不過我的朋友們都是夜行性的。

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