Effortless English. SWEET DREAMS

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1. Сначала прочитайте текст, главное не старайтесь его учить наизусть
2. Слушайте аудио-историю несколько раз
3. Слушайте аудио-историю и отвечайте на вопросы

SWEET DREAMS TEXT

 

No Sweet Dreams for Couple at Bedtime
DEAR DR. ELLIS:

I’m married. Every night my husband «tells» me when it’s time for us to retire for the night.
This can be anytime from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m.

If I tell him that I’m ready for bed he gets upset. If he’s ready to get into bed, and I want to
finish a book I’m reading, he gets upset.

According to him, married men and women should go to bed «together,» period! It is always on
his timetable. Needless to say, we have gone to bed angry many times.
How do we figure it out without getting angry and resenting each other?
TIRED OF BEING TIRED, Des Moines, Iowa

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Vocab

• sweet dreams: good sleep
• bedtime: sleeping time, time when you go to sleep
• Dr: doctor (person with a Phd degree)
• to retire: to rest
• to retire for the night: to go to bed
• ready for bed: ready to sleep
• upset: very unhappy, emotional
• get into bed: go onto, go to sleep
• according to him: in his opinion
• period: definitely, absolutely
• timetable: schedule
• needless to say: obviously, of course
• have gone: were (several times in the past until now)
• figure it out: find an answer, find a solution
• resenting: angry (about something in the past)
• Des Moines: a town
• Iowa: a state (in the USA)