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Sleeping with the lights on is a waste. You had better _____ all the lights are off before you go to bed.
A. make sure B. look forC. try out D. think hard
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动词短语：由动词和动短语成，或以动词为中心，功能同动词的短语叫动词短语,动词短语是动词的一种固定搭配形式，动词短语的搭配可分为下列四种基本类型。 动词短语搭配形式：1．动词+副词 ①作及物动词，例：&He brought up his children strictly． 　　 从以上的例句中可以看出，在“动词+副词”的词组中宾语位置有两种情况：宾语如是名词，则可置于副词后面，亦可置于动词和副词之间。而如果宾语是代词，只能置于动词后面，即动词和副词之间。 　　 ②作不及物动词，例： 　　&Something unexpected has turned up． 出现了令人意外的情况。（turn up=appear） 　　 ③既可作及物动词又可作不及物动词，例： 　　 The barrel of gunpowder blew up．（不及物）火药桶爆炸了。 　　 The soldiers blew up the bridge．（及物）士兵们把桥炸毁了。 2．动词+介词&动词与介词构成的词组在词义上相当于一个及物动词，宾语总是在介词后面，例：I don’t much care for television．我不很喜欢电视。（care for=like） 3．动词+副词+介词 在这类动词短语中，动词、副词、介词紧密结合，是动副词组和动介词组的合成体，词义上相当于一个及物动词。它兼有以上两类短语动词的特点，但宾语总是位于介词之后，例：&We must work hard to make up for lost time．我们必须努力工作来弥补失去的时间。（make up for＝compensate） 4．动词+名词 这类动词短语中的常见动词是have，take，give，make等，后面的名词通常是从动词转化而来的动作名词，并表达了短语动词的真正意义，例： 　　&Let’s have another try．让我们再试一下。（have a try=v．try） 　 5．动词+名词+介词 　　&这类动词短语只用作及物动词。名词前可加形容词说明程度，宾语总是位于介词之后，&例：Keep an eye on the baby while I am out．我不在家时请照看一下小孩子。 　　 6．be+形容词（包括过去分词作形容词）+介词 　　&这类动词短语也相当于及物动词，宾语位于介词后面，形容词是短语动词的真正词义， 例：I know he is slow at understanding，but you have to be patient with him. 我知道他理解力差，但你得对他耐心些。 动词短语与短语动词:一、短语动词(1)短语动词常常是两个词（一个动词+一个副词性小品）构成，如：wake up , get up ,turn out 等。
(2)同一个动词后面可以有不同的副词性小品词，构成不同意义的短语动词。如：He turn on the radio .Bob turned out smiling.
(3）短语动词用法普遍，尤其在非正式语言中：
我们可以说 He awoke late the following morning .但这太正式了。
我们通常说 He woke up late the following morning .
短语动词的类型
Here is a page from Mr Jones` diary :
Monday ,February 5th.
*有些短语动词不带宾语：
The car broke down .Cigarette prices are going up.
*多数主短语动词可以带宾语，宾语通常在副词性小品词的前或后：
动词+副词性小品词+宾语 动词+宾语+副词性小品词
I rang up a garage. I rang a garage up.
如果宾语较长，则通常放在副词之后：
I filled in an application form.(不说 I filled an application form in .)
如果宾语是代词，其结构通常如下：
动词+代词+副词性小品词
I put it down.(不说 I put down it .)
*有些短语动词是由三个词构成的（动词+副词性小品词+介词），这样，宾语就只能放在介词后面：
I don`t get on with the people at work.短语动词由动词加上介词或副词小品词构成。比如：1. 由动词break构成的常见短语动词有：break away (from) 突然逃离；断绝往来，脱离；改掉，破除break down （机器等）坏了；（计划等）失败；（谈话等）中断；（健康等）变坏；感情失去控制break in 突然进来，强行进入；插嘴，打岔；训练，使适应break into 强行进入；突然…起来；打断，插嘴；占用时间break off 停止讲话；暂停，休息；（使）折断break out （火灾、战争等）突然发生，爆发break through 突破；克服，征服；强行穿过；（太阳等）从云层里出来break up 解散，驱散；（学校等）放假；结束，破裂；击碎；绝交break with 与…绝交，与…决裂2. 又如由bring构成的常用短语动词有：bring about 引起，实现，导致bring (a)round 使改变观点或看法；使苏醒；顺便把某人带来串门bring back 送还；使想起，使恢复bring down 击落；打死，打伤；使倒下；降低bring forth 产生，引起，结果bring in 收获；获利；介绍，引进；聘请；逮捕bring off 从船上救出；设法做成bring on 带来，引起；促使生长；帮助提高bring out 取出，拿出；显示出，使出来；出版bring over 说服，使改变（思想等）bring through 使度过（困难，危机等）bring together 使和解bring up 提出，提起；抚养，培养；呕吐二、动词短语动词短语由动词加上宾语或状语构成。如：break a glass 打破一个玻璃杯break one’s leg 摔断腿break a window 打破窗户break the rules 违反规定break a bad habit 改掉坏习惯break the world record 打破世界记录bread easily 容易断break to pieces 破成碎片bring a book 带来一本书bring sb sth 给某人带来某物bring sb great satisfaction 给某人带来极大的快慰bring death and famine 导致死亡和饥荒初中英语动词短语整理：1. breakbreak down破坏，出毛病，拆开break off暂停，中断 break in破门而入， 打断break into破门而入，突然…起来 break out爆发 break away from打破陈规；奋力挣脱；放弃习惯 break through 出现，突破break up打碎，拆散， 分裂、分解
2. callcall at a place (车船等)停靠;到某地拜访。call away 叫走，叫开…;转移(注意力等)。call back唤回; 回电话;call for需要，要求call for sth (sb) 喊着叫某人来，喊着叫人取来某物call in 叫进，请进; 找来，请来;来访；收回call off取消; 叫走，转移开call (up)on sb 拜访或看望某人call sb sth 为某人叫某物call (up)on sb to do sth 叫(请)某人做某事call up给…打电话;& 想起，回忆起; 召集，应召入伍&&& call out大喊，高叫; 叫出去3. comecome down下跌，落，降，传下来&&& come in进来&& come out出版，结果是come on来临/ 快点&&& come along一道来，赶快come over走过来&&& come up发芽，走近&&&&& come back回来&&& come from来自，源自4. cutcut down砍倒，削减&& cut up连根拔除，切碎5. diedie of死于（疾病，饥饿，寒冷，情感原因）die from死于（外界原因）&&&& die out绝种6. fallfall behind落后& fall down掉下，跌倒 fall into 落入；陷入fall off 从。。。掉下 fall out与。。。争吵7. gogo along沿着。。。。走go through通过，经受 go over复习，检查&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& go up（价格）上涨，建造起来&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& go against违反&& go away离开go by时间过去&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& go down降低，（日、月）西沉go on(with)继续进行&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& go out外出，熄灭&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& go off发出响声8. getget down下来，记下，使沮丧&&&&&&&&& get on进展，进步，穿上，上车&&&&&&&&&&& get off脱下,下车get away逃跑，逃脱，去休假get over克服，从疾病中恢复&& get along with进展，相处get up起床&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& get into (trouble) 陷入困境中&&&&&&&&&&&&&& get back取回，收回&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& get out 出去get to 到达。。。9. givegive away赠送，泄露，出卖&&&&&&&& give out发出，疲劳，分发，&&&&&& give in (to sb.) 屈服give up放弃，让（座位）10. handhand in交上，提交hand out分发&&&& 11.holdhold on to…继续，坚持hold up举起，使停顿 hold on别挂电话，等，坚持&&&&&
12. keep&&&&&&& keep up with跟上keep out 不使。。。进入&&&&&&&&&&&&&& keep from克制，阻止keep away from避开，不接近， keep on继续，坚持下来keep down 使。。。处于低水平&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 13.knockknock at/on敲knock into撞到某人身上&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 14. looklook up查找，向上看& look through翻阅，浏览&&&&& look after/ at / for 照顾/看/寻找look out(for)当心&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& look about / around/round四下查看look forward to盼望&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 15. makemake up编造，打扮，组成&&&&&&&&&&& make into / of / from 制成&&&&&&&&&&& 16.pass&&&&& pass by经过&&&&&&&&&&&&&& pass down(on)…to传给 17. paypay back还钱，报复& pay for付钱，因…得到报应&& 18. pickpick up拾起，接人，站起，收听，pick out挑选，辨认，看出&& 19. putput up张贴，举起，&&& put out伸出，扑灭&&&&&&&&&&&& put off推迟&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& put into放进，翻译put away放好，存钱&&&&&&&&&&& put down记下，平息put on穿戴，上映，&&&&&&&&&&&&&& put aside放到一边&&&&&&&&& put back放回20. standstand out 突显，引人注目stand up 起立，站起来38.其它常用词组wake up 醒，唤醒，弄醒stay up 不睡觉；熬夜depend on依靠；取决于worry about为。。。担忧laugh at嘲笑。。。begin with以。。。开始mix up混合、搀和major in 主修grow up成长open up 打开，张开；开发end up到达或来到某处； 达到某状态throw away 丢弃。。。ask for要求。。。wait for等待。。。agree with同意。。。find out（经研究或询问）获知某事send out 发出，放出，射出search for 搜索，搜查chop down 砍到have.. on 穿着。。。step out of 跨步走出drop out of 从。。。掉出happen to 发生在。。。belong to属于arrive in /at到达。。。try on试穿。。。vote on对。。。进行投票strech out伸展。。。hang out闲逛leave for离开前往 sell out 卖完、售完show up 出席；露面21. runrun after追逐，追捕&&& run away逃跑&& run off跑掉，迅速离开&&&&&&& run out of用完22. setset up建立&&&&&&& set off 激起，引起&&&&&& 23. taketake after 与…相像take off脱掉，起飞&& take away拿走&& take up从事，占用（时间空间）&&& take down记录，取下&&&&&&& take back收回take pride in以… ……为自豪, take the place of 代替24. thinkthink of想起，考虑，对…看法&&& think out（自然）想出办法&& think up想出（设计出、发明、编造） think about考虑&&&&&& think over仔细考虑&&&&&& 25. turnturn off / on打开&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& turn to翻到，转向，求助turn down调低，拒绝&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& turn back返回，转回去turn round转过身来&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& turn up向上翻，出现，音量调大&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 26. care care about 担心，关心；在乎，介意care for 关心，关怀，照顾27. cleanclean up 把…打扫干净，把…收拾整齐clean out 清除；把…打扫干净28.learnlearn about 获悉，得知，认识到learn from& 从/向。。。学习29. fightfight for..争取获得…fight against 争取克服、战胜…fight with…与。。。搏斗/战斗30. dreamdream of梦想，想橡dream about 梦到。。。31. workwork for 为。。工作work out 产生结果；发展；成功32. argueargue with …与。。。争论argue about..争论。。。33. complaincomplain to 向。。抱怨complain about抱怨。。。34. hear hear of 听说，得知hear about听到。。。的事，听到。。的话hear from接到。。。的信35. talktalk about 讨论。。。talk with/to..和。。。讨论36. livelive in 住在。。。live on 以。。。为主食&
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Reference #9.3c3c;96eb32The Hammock Angle: The Secret To Sleeping In A Hammock
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by Seth Haber - Founder, CEO
[This blog post is part of Trek Light Gear’s
series. If you came here first, do yourself a favor and check out what you’ve missed by starting at the beginning. Click the link above or right !]
If you’ve gotten this far, it means you now know
to avoid the dreaded
and of course that
that makes you spend more time trying to stay balanced in the hammock than actually relaxing and enjoying yourself.
You’ve hopefully already got yourself a
or at least one which
for a comfortable and .
Which means that we’ve now arrived at the next most important question I get asked on a regular basis:
“How do I lie in this thing?”
Before I share with you everything I’ve learned about the best way to setup and lie in your hammock, I’ll be quick to point that there really can never be a right way and a wrong way to enjoy your hammock.
If the hammock you use and how you use it works for you and you’re as comfortable as you’ve ever been and sleeping perfectly then keep on doing it.
But, what you’ll read in this post (and the entire series) is advice based on my years of experience sleeping in a hammock, learning about the history of the hammock and talking to literally thousands of people from around the world about their hammock experiences.
I’m about to share with you a small bit of technique and knowledge that, if new to you, can change your entire hammock experience forever.
Let’s Beat The (Hammock) Curve
Everything is set and ready to go: you’ve got your hammock setup, a comfortable pillow, maybe a nice margarita or a cold beer and you’re planning on taking a nap or getting a full night’s sleep in your hammock.
You take one look at the hammock and suddenly you’re staring at something that doesn’t make any sense at all - it’s curved!
How can you possibly sleep comfortably in something shaped like a banana?
Please don’t confuse it with a
though, that’s something else entirely (unless you're talking about our cancer-fightin' ).
As we learned in , this reaction to the traditional hammock design is exactly .
When the hammock was introduced to European culture, the curve of the hammock was considered unacceptable and they did what was necessary to make the hammock appear as flat as possible (at the sacrifice of both stability and portability). But, the hammock had existed, not as a recreational backyard gadget but as a fully functional bed, for hundreds of years before the spreader bar was added.
Sleeping in a giant curve can’t be good, so did all of these early hammock users sleep horribly every night? Did they wake up every morning shaped like a boomerang but continue to use the hammock because they just couldn’t think of any way to fix the problem - like, say with a simple spreader bar?
(Go ahead and say it with me, “Noooooo!”)
Step 1: How to Avoid The Most Common Hammock Setup Mistake
When it comes to setting up a hammock, especially one that’s as quick and
as Trek Light Gear’s, there’s honestly very little that you need to know in order to do it properly.
That’s because there’s so few things that you can really do wrong
- hang it too low and you’ll obviously be dragging on the ground, hang one end much higher than the other and you’re going to be sloped at an odd angle.
There is really only one aspect to the setup where you’re forced to make an extremely important and not-so-obvious choice – how tight or how loose should you hang the hammock?
As we’ve learned from our , the first instinct most people have is to do anything they can to eliminate the big curve of the hammock. You know you want a flat (or fairly flat) surface to sleep on and just looking at the strong curve of the hammock is already giving you back pain.
So, you decide to just pull it as tight as possible to get the surface nice and flat. You’ve just made a mistake.
Believe it or not, the natural curve of the hammock is crucial to getting the flat, zero pressure point surface that makes hammocks such a healthy way to relax, meditate or sleep.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to try to pull your hammock as tight as possible in an attempt to make it flat. When you pull the hammock tight it’s certainly going to appear flatter and more like something you want to sleep on.
But, no matter how tight you pull it, the hammock will still dip down in the center when you get in it.
Here’s what else will happen if you pull the hammock tight:
You’ll find yourself tightly ‘cocooned’ by the sides of the hammock.
When you’re lying down you’ll likely have high hammock walls around you (unless you use your arms to hold them down like you’ll see in some of the pictures below). The tight frame of the hammock can even make some feel claustrophobic, a feeling you should never have to worry about in a hammock.
The tight side ‘walls’ of the hammock will force you to stay pretty much right in the center of the hammock with little room or ability to stretch out or change positions (you’ll learn why this is such a problem coming up).
A hammock pulled as tightly as possible also
being put on the objects you’re hanging it from.
This can lead to a greater chance of causing damage, whether it’s a tree or your front porch.
The following are some pictures showing how a Trek Light hammock looks and functions when it’s pulled tight:
The first picture is our
while the next two are actually our .
You can immediately see how pulling the hammock tight causes the edges to tighten, narrow and constrict the amount of space and movement available in the hammock.
Our Single is 5 feet wide and our Double is 6.5 feet wide - yet, in all the pictures it’s almost impossible to tell the difference between the two! The hammock appears to be just wide enough for one (skinny) person to lie straight up and down in the hammock.
Either getting a larger hammock is a waste of money or something isn’t right here. (Hint: something isn’t right here)
Keep in mind, I’m not saying that pulling the hammock tight makes it immediately uncomfortable or will always lead to a bad experience.
Far from it, you still get the amazing feeling of being elevated off the ground, no
on your back and, if you’re only spending a short period of time in the hammock, I’m sure you’ll still walk away happy and refreshed (those are some genuinely happy people pictured above!).
But this blog series is about getting the most from your hammock experience and, most importantly, learning how to turn your next hammock nap or full night’s sleep into the best and healthiest rest you’ve ever had.
Let’s take the leap forward from what to avoid to what to do…
Step 2: Loosen Up And Hang Loose
As you saw in the pictures above, the tighter you pull the hammock the narrower it gets.
Now, take a look at how much more room the same hammocks provide when the material is kept loose:
Seth’s Hammock Wisdom: If the material of your hammock feels loose and relaxed, you soon will too.
As you can see, keeping the material loose gives you a lot more space to stretch out and take advantage of the full width of the hammock.
Without even applying the Hammock Angle trick you’re about to learn (no, that’s not it in the first picture), I think you’ll immediately find that any time you spend in the hammock is much more comfortable, liberating and relaxing - all thanks to the looseness of the material itself.
Step 3: The Hammock Angle Changes Everything
To sum up what I’ve told you so far:
Sleeping in a big curve sucks.
Don’t do it.
Hang your hammock loose.
Don’t fear the curve.
Am I just messing with you here?
If sleeping in a C-shape is bad for your body and I’m telling you to hang your hammock with a good curve to it, how the heck are you supposed to lie flat and get a good night’s sleep?
The answer is the Hammock Angle. (The Hangle if you will).
And it changes everything.
The reason I’ve spent so much of this post telling you what happens when you pull your hammock really tight and why you should hang it loose is because you’re going to need to use the width of the hammock to your advantage to execute the Hammock Angle.
The Hammock Angle is best described and executed for the first time like this:
Begin by lying in the hammock directly down the center as you normally would.
Now, take your feet and legs and move them about 8-12 inches to one side. Do it until you notice that they are suddenly sitting much lower and flatter than they were.
Now, do the exact same thing with your head and the upper part of your body, except towards the opposite side.
If you did it correctly, you’re now lying almost completely flat in a curved hammock.
I break it down into two separate movements to explain it better, but all you’re really doing is shifting your entire body so you’re at about a 30 degree angle across the hammock instead of being straight down the center.
It’s of course one of those things that is much easier to experience than to explain, but what you’ll notice right away is that when you hang your hammock correctly the center of the hammock tends to be the tightest section while the sides remain loose (the exact opposite of what happens when you stretch the hammock tight).
If you place your body in the center, it’s going to follow the rigid shape of the hammock curve precisely.
But, by just shifting your body a small amount you’re actually cutting across the curve of the hammock. The hammock responds by flattening out underneath you, gently cradling your body in what just so turns out to be an absolutely
with zero pressure points.
You’re not going to be perfectly flat, but your body doesn’t need to be perfectly flat – your head and feet will be slightly elevated
and the material will conform to the natural curve of your spine.
Think You Can’t Sleep On Your Side In A Hammock? Think Again!
Using the Hammock Angle to create a nearly flat hammock surface opens up a wide range of sleeping positions that just aren’t possible in a hammock otherwise (not comfortably anyways).
I’m a side sleeper myself when I sleep in my bed.
By using the Hammock Angle, I’m able to comfortably sleep on my side in the hammock the same as I would in any bed.
You can even still easily curl your legs up if you’re more of a fetal position sleeper.
And don’t forget, Trek Light Gear’s hammocks are designed to never spin or flip you out so you’ve got nothing to fear when moving around or shifting positions in the hammock.
In 5+ years I have yet to hear from a single customer who has ever managed to roll up and out of the hammock while sleeping.
Here’s something else I find really interesting: it’s almost impossible for me to sleep on my back when I’m sleeping in a normal bed but I can do it every night in a hammock.
It’s supposed to be a healthier way to sleep and I’ve tried but I just can’t sleep on my back in a bed.
If I somehow manage to fall asleep on my back I’ll always wake up a few minutes later and shift over to my side.
But, strangely enough, when I’m sleeping in a hammock I often wake up and realize that I’ve been comfortably sleeping on my back for hours.
If I initially fall asleep on my back I also tend to stay that way throughout the night and feel amazing when I wake up!
What makes that major change in my sleeping habits possible?
The answer lies in the fact that the reason we shift around at night and prefer one sleeping position to another is primarily rooted in pressure points.
Remove those pressure points and sleep on a surface that conforms to your body’s natural curves and you’ll be amazed at the difference.
I’ll leave you again with a quote from the sleep study I referenced in the
So what is considered the all-round healthiest sleep position? Many doctors say it’s lying on one’s back, with the head slightly elevated, about 10 – 30 percent. This is postulated to give the brain optimal blood circulation rather than congestion and also allows for more un-obstructed breathing, says Dr. Steven Park, a head and neck surgeon and member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.You see many native cultures sleeping this way, via hammock and other devices, rather than on flat surfaces as in the West.
Hammocks & Whiskey: Make Mine A Double
When I wrote the previous chapter of this series, I initially hinted that this post would be titled “The Hammock Angle: Make Mine a Double”.
But, after starting to write this chapter I realized that what I wanted to say about the Single vs. Double wasn’t really the focus of the article and probably even merits its own separate post at some point down the road.
So, now you’re instead getting it as a short sub-section at the end the post, but with an even better title if you ask me….
Since we just learned that the width of the hammock is what gives you the room to achieve a good Hammock Angle and sleep flat, a
is what I recommend if you plan on sleeping in your hammock.
It’s what I prefer to sleep in and fits me with plenty of room to spare (I’m 5’11).
But, there’s also a caveat: how much width you need is ultimately dependent on your size.
In other words, if you’re pretty short not that tall a
can wind up feeling like a Double to you when you stretch out.
Apply the same rule of thumb the next time you order or pour yourself a whiskey and life will be grand!
I said the same rule of thumb, so if you’re pretty small you should probably stick with a single – trust me, it’ll work just like a double for you.
And we’re done! I really wanted to do this topic justice by giving you a
and not just a quick outline, so thanks for reading along and allowing me to share what I’ve learned with you.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the entire
series and I sincerely appreciate all the great comments, emails and phone calls we’ve received in response to it already.
Even though I’m wrapping it up I’m sure there will be plenty of more posts down the road which will extend this theme even further. I love helping people get the most out of their
experience so please let me know what questions you still have about getting comfortable in a hammock, or what other hammock or non-hammock topics you’d like to see explored on the Trek Life blog!
Seth Haber - Founder, CEO Over 15 years ago I started a small business with the goal of making the world a better place one hammock at a time. Thanks for reading and being part of this incredible community - never stop paying it forward.
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