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2--Why would you describe a person as a "night owl?"
 
1--Well, I did it. I finished Apartment of Cards.
 
2--How? You just started watching the show last week!
 
1--I have always been a night owl, Jonathan. So I've been staying up late to get through the show.
 
2--You haven't been sleeping at all, have you?
 
1--A "night owl" is someone who stays up late. Owls are most active at night.
 
2--That is where this experssion comes from.
 
1--The opposite of a "night owl" is an "early bird" -- someone who favors waking up very early in the morning.
 
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注解：
 
1.Night Owl夜貓子
2.describe描述
3.early bird早起的人

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譯文：

1--貓頭鷹是一種鳥(niǎo)，遍布世界各地。夜貓子。
2--為什么你會(huì)把一個(gè)人描述為“夜貓子”呢？
1--哇，我做到了。我看完了《紙牌公寓》。
2--怎么可能？你上周才剛開(kāi)始看。
1--喬納森，我是個(gè)夜貓子啊。所以我一直熬夜看完了這部劇。
2--你根本沒(méi)睡覺(jué)，是么？
1--“夜貓子”是指那些睡得很晚的人。貓頭鷹在夜間最為活躍。
2--這個(gè)表述就出自這里。
1--與“夜貓子”相對(duì)的就是“早起的人”--就是那些很喜歡在早上起很早的人。