
調整「社會時差」
Do you tend to sleep in on weekends? Do you think sleeping more during days off can make up for your “sleep debt”?
你常在週末時補眠嗎?你會想在休假時多睡一點來還「睡眠債」嗎?
tend to...往往、總是⋯⋯sleep in睡過頭、睡懶覺=oversleepsleep over在別人家過夜day off休假日make up for=compensate補償debt(n.)債務
More and more studies are suggesting that sleeping in on days off or lack of sleep could cause some health risks that lead to early death.
有越來越多的研究指出,休假時狂睡或是睡得不夠,都會引起一些健康風險,導致早死。
suggest(v.)指出、建議sleep in睡過頭、睡懶覺day off休假日lack of缺少cause(v.)導致risk(n.)風險lead to導致early death早死
A study in the Journal of the American Heart Association revealed that people who usually sleep for longer than eight hours a night are more likely to have heart disease or to die prematurely.
一份美國心臟協會的研究顯示,一個晚上睡超過8小時的人,比較容易得到心臟疾病或早亡。
reveal(v.)透露disease(n.)疾病prematurely(adv.)過早地
Sleeping too much may result from health, psychological or social problems.
睡覺時間過長可能代表有健康、心理或社交問題。
result from因⋯⋯發生result in導致psychological(adj.)心裡的
Some medications which treat depression and some cancers could also make people sleep for too long.
有些治療憂鬱症或癌症的藥物也會導致睡眠時間變長。
medication(n.)藥物treat(v.)治療depression(n.)憂鬱症
What’s more, we can’t actually make up for lost sleep by snoozing more on our days off.
而且,假日多睡一點其實無法補償平日不足的睡眠。
make up for=compensate補償snooze(v.)小睡
Staying up late and getting up late during the weekends can lead to “social jet lag.”
在週末時熬夜到很晚、隔天起床也晚,會導致「社會時差」。
lead to導致social jet lag社會時差
Having different sleeping patterns on the weekends or shifting sleep schedules has also been linked to obesity.
在週末時有不一樣的睡眠時程,或是一直改變睡眠時間的安排,都可能導致過胖。
pattern(n.)模式shift(v.)改變、轉換link to跟⋯⋯有關obesity(n.)過胖