Let's say you go home for Thanksgiving break and your grandmother says, "What have you been doing at Yale?"

如果你感恩节假期回家　你奶奶问你，你在耶鲁都学了点什么“

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So, real dreams are you're in a submarine wrestling a chicken while your grandmother looks disapprovingly on.

真正的梦是指那些,梦见自己在潜艇里和鸡摔跤,而你奶奶在一旁看得不以为然。

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So, if you're woken up during slow-wave sleep you're going to be thinking "Did I take the-- yes, while I was dreaming I was thinking about the garbage," but if you're woken up during REM, "But a monkey was eating my grandmother," and that sort of thing. So, there is a distinction.

在慢波睡眠中醒过来,你会想“我倒垃圾了吗？,原来我睡觉是想着倒垃圾了”,但如果你在REM睡眠中醒过来，“天啊，有只猴子在吃我奶奶”,这就是真正的梦和半睡半醒的想法之间的区别。

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