379. "As sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of what to do about it," says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.

英语四级译文:
“本身作为睡眠不足的人，我们开始考虑怎么处理这个问题，”埃里克·沙首额说道。他最近刚刚大学毕业，现在是Axon睡眠研究实验室的首席执行官，该实验室是一家由学生为实践他们的想法而创建的公司。

四级词汇讲解:
a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories为Eric Shashoua的同位语，而a company created by the students to develop their idea为Axon Sleep Research Laboratories的同位语。

sleep-deprived意为“缺乏睡眠的”，其中deprive意为“剥夺;阻止”。如:
The trees deprived the house of light.这些树遮住了房子的光线。

think of意为“考虑，想起”。如:
You can't expect me to think of everything.你不能指望我考虑到所有的事情。

what to do about/with sth.表示“如何处理或解决某事”。如:
I really don't know what to do with those boxes.我真是不知道该如何处理那些箱子。

英语四级考点归纳:
do的常见短语有:

※ do sth. to sb./sth.意为“对某人(某事物)产生影响”。如:
Your words really do something to me.你的话确实对我有一些影响。
What have you done to the computer?这电脑你是怎么弄的?

※ do with sth，意为“希望得到某事物;忍受某事物”，常与情态动词cap或could连用。如:
You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep.你看起来似乎需要好好睡上一夜.
I can't do with his ignorance.我无法忍受他的忽视。

※ do without意为“没有……也行”。如:
The manager can’t do without a secretary.经理不能没有秘书。