I won't get into definitions of what torture is but it would cause somebody tremendous pain and anguish to keep them from sleeping.

我就不解释什么是施刑了,如果不让人睡觉的话,会给人造成巨大的痛苦。

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here, the people, they are not really sleeping in the weekend

这里的人在周末是不睡觉的，

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Next, if you're going to sleep, I ask you to sit between two non-sleepers because sometimes what happens, the whole row will topple over.

另外,如果你要睡觉的话,请坐在两个不睡觉的同学中间,因为有时候,整排的人都倒下了

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