1、 Lesson Eleven:On getting off to sleep1a bundle of contradictions2humor is the saving grace of us3an overpowering desire for sleep4it is only by an effort of will that I can continue at all.5ideas come pell-mell.6 Give me a restless hour or two in bed and I can solve,to my own satisfaction,all doubt
2、s of humanity.7 I am in the humor that I can compose grand symphonies.8find no difficulty in plunging their earthly parts into oblivion.9 Taking these fables to heart,I would resolve to do likewise,and,going to bed,would clench my teeth,look as determined as possible in the darkness,and command the
3、immediate presence of sleep.10 I had overlooked the necessity of having an“iron will”11 Who would want to remonstrate and argue with them?12 I must confess thatthey unvaryingly fall asleep13 To share a bedroom with one of these fellows is to lose ones faith in human nature,for even after the most ev
4、entful day,there is no comparing notes with them,no midnight confidence,no casting up the balance of the days pleasure and pain.They sink,at once,into stupid,heavy slumber,leaving you to your own mental devices.And they all snore abominably!14 The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion,and onl
5、y alike in their ineffectuality.15has never served my turn.16I defy any reasonable man to fall asleep while mustering a herd of cerulean swine.17 disgusted with the monotony of life,sleep drew the curtain.18but it was of no avail.19how T was faring these days20I found myself meditating on cheese21 b
6、are of anything like fancy and wit,acts upon us like a dose of laudanum.22 I will dismiss such trivial phantasiesand evoke the phantom of a crushing,stupendous Bore.1 对我来说对我来说,最能说明事物对立性的莫过于睡觉这件最能说明事物对立性的莫过于睡觉这件事了。事了。With me,nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep.2 但是如果让我在很晚的时候躺在被里但是如果让我在很晚的时候躺在被里,我除了睡不我除了睡不着觉以外什么事都能做。着觉以外什么事都能做。But let me be between the sheets at a late hour,and I can do anything but sleep.3 人为催眠的方法不胜枚举人为催眠的方法不胜枚举,只是一样都无效。只是一样都无效。The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion,and are only alike in their ineffectuality.
