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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I've found some people really have to come to the first and second row because they claim that if they don't hear me they cannot really go to sleep.

我发现有些人必须得在第一,二排睡觉,因为他们说如果听不到我的声音,他们就无法入睡

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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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