英語課外閱讀學習
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課外閱讀1
【英文原文】
An undated photo shows a man sleeps on piles of books. Going to bed early is key to gettingenough sleep and helping adolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported.***Agencies***
It seems parents have long been right. Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep andhelping adolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported.
A lack of sleep among youngsters may trigger depression and suicidal thoughts, according tothe study by the Columbia University Medical Center.
"Our results are consistent with the theory that inadequate sleep is a risk factor fordepression, working with other risk and protective factors through multiple possible causalpathways to the development of this mood disorder," said lead author James Gangwisch.
"Adequate quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against depression and atreatment for depression," he added in the study published in the Friday issue of Sleepmagazine.
The study followed the nightly habits of some 15,659 college and high-school students, andfound those who consistently went to bed after midnight had a 24 percent higher risk ofdepression than those who turned inbefore 10:00 pm.
Night owlsalso ran a 20 percent higher risk of battling suicidal thoughts, the study added.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that adolescents should sleep at leastnine hours or more a night. Those who were tucked inbefore 10:00 pm reported they slept onaverage about eight hours and 10 minutes.
But that amount of sleep dropped significantly for those in bed after midnight.
And adolescents who slept five hours or less a night were 71 percent more likely to sufferdepression and 48 percent more at risk of becoming suicidal, the study said.
"It is a common perception and societal expectation that adolescents do not need as muchsleep as pre-adolescents, yet studies suggest that adolescents may actually require more sleep," said Gangwisch.
"Studies have found that adolescents do not go to bed early enough to compensate for earlierschool start times, and transitions to earlier school start times have been shown to beassociated with significant sleep deprivation."
【中文譯文】
看來父母們一直以來都是對的。一項最新研究報告稱，早睡不僅是得到充足睡眠的關鍵，而且有助於改善青少年的情緒。
這項由哥倫比亞大學醫學中心開展的研究表明，青少年缺乏睡眠可能會引發抑鬱以及自殺的念頭。
研究報告的主要撰寫人詹姆斯 岡維西說：“有理論認為睡眠不足是導致抑鬱的風險因素之一，它與其他風險和保護因素相互作用，通過多種可能的因果途徑，造成這種情緒失調。我們的研究結果與這一理論是一致的。”
“所以，充足、高質量的睡眠可以成為防治抑鬱症的一項措施。”研究報告在上週五的《睡眠》雜誌上發表。
該研究對15659名大學生和中學生的夜間作息習慣進行了追蹤調查，發現那些經常在午夜後就寢的學生患抑鬱症的風險比那些在晚上10點前就上床睡覺的學生高24%。
研究稱，晚睡者產生自殺念頭的風險也要高20%。
美國睡眠藥物學會建議，青少年每晚睡眠時間至少要達到9個小時。晚上10點前就寢的人稱他們平均每天的睡眠時間約為8小時10分鐘。
但那些在午夜後睡覺的人的睡眠時間明顯少很多。
研究報告說，每晚睡眠時間為五小時或更少的青少年患抑鬱症的機率高71%，出現自殺傾向的機率高48%。
岡維西說：“目前存在這樣一種普遍看法和社會預期，認為青少年不像兒童那樣需要那麼多睡眠，然而研究表明，事實上青少年可能需要更多睡眠。”
“研究發現，青少年上學的時間提早了，但卻沒有提早就寢來對此加以補償，而且上學時間提早與嚴重的睡眠剝奪有關。”
課外閱讀2
1. When I say I know you,I mean I knew you yesterday. I do not know you actuallynow。
當我說認識你的時，我是說我認識昨天的你。我不認識現在的你。
——Kaishnamurti 克里什納默爾迪
2.Wonders are many,and nothing is more wonderful then man。
天下奇蹟無數，卻無一比人更奇妙。--Sophocles
3.The proper function of man is to live,but not to exist。
人應該生活，而非單純生存。--Jack London
4.If you smile when one is around,you really mean it。
如果你獨自一人笑了，那是真心的笑。--Andy Rooney
5.There is a time to speak and a time to be silent。
該說話時說話，該沉默時沉默。--Caxton卡克斯頓
6.The worst bankrupt is the person who lost his enthusiasm。
最慘的破產就是喪失自己的熱情。
-- H.W.Arnold H.W。阿諾德
7.It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime,but at nightit is another thing。
在白天對什麼都不動感情是極為容易的，但在夜晚就是另外一回事。 --Hemingway 海明威
8. To err is human,to forgive,divine。
人皆犯錯，你能原諒別人，你就是聖人。 --Pope 蒲柏
9.There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up inspite of our desperate determination never to forget。
心中的傷痛總是不知不覺漸漸癒合，雖然我們也曾痛苦地發誓說永不忘記。
——Colleen McCullough 科林·麥卡洛
10.In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it。
在這個世界上只有兩種悲劇：一種是得不到自己想要的東西，另一種是得到了。
——Oscar Wildle 奧斯卡·王爾德
11.Naked came I into this world,and naked must I go out。
我赤裸裸地來到這個世界，也要赤裸裸地離去。
——Cervantes 塞萬提斯
12.Passion,though a bad regulator,is a powerful spring。
激情雖難以駕馭，卻是種強大的動力。
——Emerson 愛默生
13.Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles。
把你的名字刻在人們的心裡，而不是大理石上。
——Joseph Addison 約瑟夫·艾迪生
14. I can resist everything except temptation。
除了誘惑我什麼都能抵抗。
——Oscar wilde 奧斯卡·王爾德
15.What is a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself。
一個人的首要職責是什麼?很簡單：做自己。
——Henrik Ibsen 易卜生
16. The love of country is the first virtue in a civilized man。
愛國是文明人類第一美德。
—— Napoleon 拿破崙