One possible explanation, the dualist, that's the ghost of your mother, immaterial soul that she is, communicating to you while you're asleep.

一个可能的解释,二元论者会说,那是你妈妈的鬼魂,她是一个非物质的灵魂,在你睡觉的时候跟你交流

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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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Although it's not true that you are speaking French-- let's suppose that you know how to speak French-- it's still true of you while you're asleep that you can or could speak French.

虽然你并不在说法语-,先假设你会说法语-,但是确实在你睡觉时,你是有可能开口说法语的。

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