?????? 例：It was nearly an hour before the sleeping pill took effect.

?????? 將近一個小時，安眠藥才起作用。

?????? Many sleeping pills stop working after a few hours, and most should not be combined with other medications.

?????? 有些安眠藥的藥效只有幾個小時，且多數安眠藥不能與其他藥物同時服用。

?????? ※ 與sleeping pill息息相關的一個詞就是insomnia（失眠、失眠癥）

?????? 例：Sleeping pills help when stress, travel or other disruptions keep you awake. If you have chronic insomnia, a better approach may be to remove the cause by changing your lifestyle.

?????? 由于壓力、旅行或其他干擾問題讓你不能入睡時，安眠藥也許會有用。但如果是慢性失眠的話，找到原因改變生活方式或許才是更好的辦法。

?????? 6月30日，韓國男星樸龍河在家中自殺身亡的消息震驚了娛樂圈。有媒體報道稱，因為事業和家庭的雙重壓力，樸龍河常常得靠服用安眠藥才能入睡。請看China Daily轉外電的報道：

Police have said Park had been under stress because he had to juggle management of his entertainment company and career while his father was fighting stomach cancer. The actor had been taking sleeping pills due to insomnia, police said, citing Park's mother.

Park debuted in the late 1990s and starred in the 2002 television drama series "Winter Sonata," which was also watched by fans in Japan and Southeast Asia. He held several concerts in Japan and released eight CDs there.

——Excerpt from Mourners bid farewell to popular S.Korean actor

?????? （來源：中國網學英語頻道）