
怎麼睡都睡不飽
Have you ever woken up after a full night’s sleep and felt like you didn’t sleep at all? Well, perhaps you have experienced “junk sleep.”
你是否曾一覺醒來,卻感覺好像沒睡一樣?那可能是「垃圾睡眠」找上門了。
experience(v.)經受、經歷
Luckily, this is a problem that has received recent media attention and experts have offered many suggestions on how we can beat it.
所幸這個問題最近受到媒體關注,而專家也針對如何對抗垃圾睡眠提出了建議。
receive one’s attention獲得某人的關注
First, however, what is junk sleep and what are its symptoms?
不過,首先,垃圾睡眠是什麼,其症狀為何?
symptom(n.)症狀mild(adj.)輕微的severe(adj.)嚴重的
Junk sleep is a general term for any sleep that is neither long enough nor “high-quality enough to nourish your brain and body.”
垃圾睡眠泛指睡眠時間不足或「品質不佳,以致無法讓大腦和身體好好休息的睡眠狀態」。
general term統稱technical term技術名詞、專門術語legal term法律術語neither A nor B兩者皆非either A or B兩者擇一nourish(v.)滋養、培養、養育
According to Kristen Casey, a psychologist and insomnia specialist, junk sleep has symptoms that include waking up feeling tired and being irritable even after sleeping.
心理學家兼失眠專家克莉絲汀·凱西指出,垃圾睡眠的症狀包括一覺醒來仍感到既疲憊又暴躁。
irritable(adj.)暴躁的、易怒的irritate(v.)激怒、使惱火irritable bowel syndrome腸躁症候群
Someone dealing with the issue might also experience increased hunger due to lack of proper sleep.
有此問題的人也可能會因為缺乏良好的睡眠而出現更強烈的飢餓感。
lack of缺乏~
So, what causes junk sleep and how can we beat it?
那麼,垃圾睡眠的成因為何呢,我們又可如何戰勝它?
The main way to overcome junk sleep is to recognize its causes, which can include environmental factors, like noises and light, and emotional factors, such as depression and anger.
解決垃圾睡眠的主要方式是了解其成因,包括噪音與光線等環境因素,以及憂鬱症與憤怒的情緒因素。
recognize(v.)辨認、辨識、辨別identify(v.)辨識、辨認
Additionally, behavioral factors, like using your phone or watching a late night movie, are also to blame.
此外,使用手機或在深夜看電影等行為因素也是成因之一。
be to blame怪罪於、是~的原因
According to experts, we can make changes to address these factors, such as wearing earplugs to block out noises, putting away items that cause stress, like computers, and adjusting our bedtime routine to cut out activities that use screens.
專家指出,我們可以作出改變解決以上這些問題,像是戴耳塞阻隔噪音、遠離電腦等會造成壓力的物品,並且調整睡前儀式,將會使用到螢幕的活動通通戒掉。
address(v.)應對、處理adjust(v.)調整cut out避免、防止、戒除