数羊已经成大事件了。

Counting sheep had become quite the thing.

整个晚上他都在数羊。

He is counting sheep all night.

我一整晚都在数羊。

I was counting sheep all night。

我一整晚都在数羊。

I was counting sheep all night.

还有一个老建议就是，数羊可以让你见渐渐入睡。

There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.

通常我睡不着觉的时候会数羊。你这样做吗，艾丽斯？

Neil:Well, I usually count sheep if I can't get to sleep. Do you do that, Alice?

有些晚上，我会难以入眠，但今晚，我却不用数羊了。

Some nights I have trouble falling asleep, but tonight, I didn't need to count any sheep.

有人写了本书，声称国家文化沉睡的原因就是税收被用来支持数羊。

One of them wrote a book asserting that it was because we were using tax dollars to support the counting of sheep that our whole culture had fallen asleep.