8A transcript

Question 1

[preposition]

Then I get tired again _ around three am, I drop off to sleep until about seven o’clock or so.

(= в три часа)

Answer 1

Then I get tired again at around three am, I drop off to sleep until about seven o’clock or so.

Question 2

Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having t_ sleeping.

(= если ему сложно заснуть)

Answer 2

Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having trouble sleeping.

Question 3

[preposition]

Well, we’ve had lots of people calling in to tell us that they do, in fact, sleep in two separate chunks and they’ve been filling us in _ what they get up to at night.

Answer 3

…and they’ve been filling us in on what they get up to at night.

Question 4

-OK, so you just slip away and go to your yoga class.
-Well I try to, yes, d_ on how busy the day is.

(= зависит от того, насколько я занята)

Answer 4

-OK, so you just slip away and go to your yoga class.
-Well I try to, yes, depending on how busy the day is.

Question 5

We _ go to bed more or less after sunset and we always woke up during the night.

(= it was typical of us to do that)

Answer 5

We would go to bed more or less after sunset and we always woke up during the night.

Question 6

Well um … I’m an artist, er if that’s not t_ bold _ claim.

(= слишком смелое заявление)

Answer 6

Well um … I’m an artist, er if that’s not too bold a claim.

accent: Irish

Question 7

I wake up at about four am every night to p_ yoga.

(= чтобы позаниматься йогой)

Answer 7

I wake up at about four am every night to practise yoga.

Question 8

If you’re suffering from insomnia – get out t_ and take some photos.

(= выйди на улицу, из дома)

Answer 8

If you’re suffering from insomnia – get out there and take some photos.

Question 9

[open the brackets]

Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having trouble _ (sleep).

Answer 9

Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having trouble sleeping.

Question 10

Sometimes we w_ eat a sweet potato before going back to sleep until about five thirty or six.

(= it was typical)

Answer 10

Sometimes we would eat a sweet potato before going back to sleep until about five thirty or six.

Question 11

My wife used to force me to get out of bed ’cause I w_ lie there tossing and turning all night and I couldn’t sleep a wink and it would disturb her.

(= that was typical)

Answer 11

My wife used to force me to get out of bed ’cause I would lie there tossing and turning all night and I couldn’t sleep a wink and it would disturb her.

accent: Irish

Question 12

People used to have what scientists call ‘segmented sleep’, w_ m_ they had two sleeps every night, not one.

(= то есть)

Answer 12

People used to have what scientists call ‘segmented sleep’, which means they had two sleeps every night, not one.

Question 13

So what did you do _ that?

(= как ты справился с этой ситуацией)

Answer 13

So what did you do about that?

Question 14

I t_ to wake up in the middle of the night, feeling great, wide awake.

(я обычно просыпаюсь посреди ночи)

Answer 14

I tend to wake up in the middle of the night, feeling great, wide awake.

Question 15

Well, we’ve had lots of people calling in to tell us that they do, in fact, sleep in two separate chunks and they’ve been f_ us _ on what they get up to at night.

(= сообщали, рассказывали нам)

Answer 15

Well, we’ve had lots of people calling in to tell us that they do, in fact, sleep in two separate chunks and they’ve been filling us in on what they get up to at night.

Question 16

Most of my work comes from dreams. Quite literally I’m a surrealist, I suppose. Yeah, it helps me to deal with issues and um … work _ things.

(= to manage a problem, справляться с трудностями)

Answer 16

Most of my work comes from dreams. Quite literally I’m a surrealist, I suppose. Yeah, it helps me to deal with issues and um … work through things.

Question 17

I find the whole process of dreaming very th_.

(= оказывающий терапевтический эффект)

Answer 17

I find the whole process of dreaming very therapeutic.

BrE/ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk/
AmE /ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk/

Question 18

Some people might be a bit nervous walking around at er, y’know, two in the morning, but it is actually a really beautiful time to be _.

(= на улице)

Answer 18

Some people might be a bit nervous walking around at er, y’know, two in the morning, but it is actually a really beautiful time to be out.

Question 19

Um … we’d, we’d hear people talking, y’know, someone _ start a fire.

(= it was typical)

Answer 19

Um … we’d, we’d hear people talking, y’know, someone would start a fire.