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1、1.SleepwalkingSleepwalkingisasleepdisorderaffectinganestimated10percentofallhumansatleastonceintheirlives.Itisfarmorecommoninkidsthaninadults,asmostsleepwalkersoutgrowitbytheearlyteenyears.Itmayruninfamilies.Soifyouoryourpartnerareorweresleepwalkers,yourchildmaybetoo.Otherfactorst
2、hatmaybringonsleepwalkingincludelackofsleep,irregularsleepschedules,illnessorfever,andstress. Ofcourse,gettingoutofbedandwalkingaroundwhilestillsleepingisthemostobvioussleepwalkingsymptom.Butyoungsleepwalkersmayalsosleeptalk.Also,sleepwalkers’eyesareopen,buttheyarenotawakeandmayno
3、trealizewhatthey’redoing.It’shardtowakethemup. Sleepwalkingisnotusuallyasignthatsomethingisemotionallyorpsychologicallywrongwithachild.Anditdoesn'tcauseanyemotionalharm.Theyprobablywon'tevenrememberthenighttimestroll. Sleepwalking梦游Sleepwalker梦游者outgrow长大或发展得使……不再使用stroll闲逛，漫步take
4、/have/goforastroll闲逛，散步，漫步strollthebeach在海滨溜达2.FairytalesTalesofthesupernaturalarecommoninallpartsofBritain.Inparticular,therewasabeliefinfairies.Notallofthesefairiesarethefriendly,people-lovingspritesthatappearinDisneyfilms.Insomefolktales,theyarecruelandcausemuchhumansuffering.T
5、hisistrueinthetalesabouttheChangeling.Thesetellthestoryofamotherwhosebabygrowssickandpaleandischangedsomuchthatitisalmost unrecognizable totheparents.Itwasthen feared thatthefairieshadcomeandstolenthebabyawayand replaced thehumanbabywithafairyChangeling.Inthosecases,therewas
6、oftenawaytogetthe real babyback.Youcould placetheChangelingonthefire—thenitwouldriseupthechimney,youwouldhearthesoundoffairies'laughterandsoonafter,youwouldfindyourownchildsafeandsoundnearbysprite[sprait]n.妖精，精灵；调皮鬼fairy['fεəri]n.仙女，小精灵；漂亮姑娘folktale['fəukteil]n.民间故事；民间传说changel
7、ingn.暗中被偷换而留下的丑怪小孩safeandsound平安无事3.CharityShopsThecharityshopisaBritishinstitution,sellingeverythingfromclothestoelectricgoods,allatverygoodprices.Youcangetthingsyouwon’tfindintheshopsanymore.ThethingIlikebestaboutthemisthatyourmoneyisgoingtoagoodcauseandnotintothepocketsofprofit
8、-drivencompanies,andyouarenotdama
