这就解释了为何女性经常一大清早就起床，而她们的丈夫还呼呼大睡直至日上三竿。

It helps explain why women are often up with the lark, while their partners stay slumbering long into the morning.

日上三竿之后，我们的车子驶过一条田园诗般的山谷。金盏花，天竺葵和玫瑰花环绕着房屋盛开，紫红色羽毛的鸟儿在电线上盘桓。

As the morning drifted by, we drove through idyllic valleys where plum-coloured birds perched on telephone wires and every house was surrounded with roses, geraniums and marigolds.

大多数在咒骂大学教育无用的同学，自己也不见得好到哪去，还不是天天睡到日上三竿，再就是疯狂地从早到晚打游戏，或者和别人扯皮聊天，考试考不好，其他方面也不见得好到哪去。

Most students who curse the educational system are not enterprising at all, sleeping late in the morning, playing computer games all day long or boasting with others.