McComb got the idea for the study from her experience with her own cat, who would consistently wake her up in the mornings with a very insistent purr.

麦克·康姆想到研究她自己的经历，她和她的猫。这只猫总是能在早晨用一种非常急迫的声音将她叫醒。

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The next morning, I wake to find the cat and the little dog sitting on either side of my chest and staring down at me.

第二天早上醒来，我发现猫和小狗各坐在我胸口的一边瞪着我。

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It is possible, if the external stimulants are sufficient (say, by an evil cat dusting your mustache with pepper), for a person to wake up to sneeze.

但如果外界刺激足够多(比如，沾了胡椒粉的小猫扫你的鼻子)，就很有可能让你醒来打个喷嚏。

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And now let's suppose that your parents are going away for the weekend and they leave you with the following instructions: If it's raining tomorrow morning, when you wake up, you are to close the windows, open the door and let the cat in, phone the grocer and have him send over the following list of groceries. All right.

现在假设你们的父母这周末,离开了，给你们留下了,以下的一些指示：,如果明天早上下雨了，醒来的时候，要把窗户关好，打开门,让猫进来，打电话给杂货店并且让他,送来以下的生活用品，好的。

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