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

       将近一个小时，安眠药才起作用。

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

       有些安眠药的药效只有几个小时，且多数安眠药不能与其他药物同时服用。

       ※ 与sleeping pill息息相关的一个词就是insomnia（失眠、失眠症）

       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.

       由于压力、旅行或其他干扰问题让你不能入睡时，安眠药也许会有用。但如果是慢性失眠的话，找到原因改变生活方式或许才是更好的办法。

       6月30日，韩国男星朴龙河在家中自杀身亡的消息震惊了娱乐圈。有媒体报道称，因为事业和家庭的双重压力，朴龙河常常得靠服用安眠药才能入睡。请看China Daily转外电的报道：

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

       （来源：中国网学英语频道）